[Dougmeister]

After I copy a Replay show over via DVArchive, I have four files (MPG, NDX, XML, and another one that I can't remember).


After I run ETVEdit and RTVConvert (do I have those names correct? Don't sound right... you know what I mean, the ones in the RTV Tools combo...), I have the same four files, twice. One set has "_backup" and the other has "_cvt" tacked on the end.


I assume that the "_cvt" files are the final output, sans commercials, but why the backup?

 

[Bargonaut]

You need to provide the command-line operations that you ran. By default, rtvedit will name the output to the input filename with a '1' tacked on before the extension (e.g. XXX.mpg -> XXX1.mpg). However, if a 'T' line is present in the evt input (modified result of evtdump), you can set the target filename. And, rtvconvert takes the output filename as a parameter on the command-line.


If you're running somebody's batch file to simplify this work, probably the "cvt" versions are the final result and the "backup" files are the intermediate results. You can delete those.


-BS

 

[Dougmeister]

Command line? I just downloaded evtedit_24 and ran it as-is "out of the box".


I click "Generate New MPEG with rtvEdit" and check the box that says "AutoRun rtvConvert after rtvEdit".


rtvConvertIn says:

E:\\ReplayTV\\Video\\Local_Guide\\_backup.mpg


rtvConvertOut says:

E:\\ReplayTV\\Video\\Local_Guide\\_backup_cvt.mpg


Is that what you mean?

 

[Bargonaut]

OK, I thought you were running rtvedit/rtvconvert manually.

Yes, the "..._cvt" files are the final output, and you can delete the intermediary "backup" copies.


The answer to, "why the backup," is because the rtvtools are really two utilities. First, rtvedit makes any cuts you specify and spits out the first result. Then, rtvconvert massages the file to match DVD-specs so most authoring apps can read them properly.


-BS

 

[unclebubby]

You should check out VideoReDo ( videoredo.com ). The price is right on the RTV Tools but VRD has fewer steps. If you can afford the $50 it's money well spent. VRD was taylor-made for this work. I encourage you to give it the free 21-day test run.


Befroe I get slammed, I LOVE the RTV Tools. Before VRD, they were the ONLY solution I could use to edit RTV files on my relatively slow 866MHz P3. I tried Womble and several other solutions and always had sound sync issues. If RTVEdit was frame-accurate, I probably wouldn't have switched.


If you're staying with RTV Tools, I strongly encourage you to read the instructions. They're pretty easy to understand and there is a lot of flexibility in those tools that is not immediately apparent (i.e. combining or spliting files).