Batman DVD ...nothing happens

Hey guys,

First of all Batman rules; it's so easy to use! One thing that I ran into and resloved, converted avi had no sync issues on my PC but on my M6 the audio was delated, I set the parameter delay -40 and all is well! (In case anyone does a search I thought I share)

Now to the problem I'm having, I have a Video_TS.IFO; I drag and drop it on my Batman (which works from .avi to .avi as mentioned above). Batman prompts for all the questions, I chose option 4 for quality, Title 1, Chapter 1=1, and default for audio and output. It will prompt for additional commands and I click Enter to continue, and that's it....after that nothing the cmd/dos window goes away and nothing ever happens.

If I can provide additional information please let me know. Thanks!

Hi, chapter 1=1 is not a valid input. If you just want the first chapter, you gotta enter 1-1.

God I hope that wasn't it...i'm in a Q5pass2 right now, so i'll give it a shot in a little bit.

Nope that wasn't it; I did 1-1 (as well as 2-2) on the next try and still nothing.....

what does "nothing" mean exactly ? Please describe what happens and if possible use special command "debug" to create and display a debug protocol.
Also try another DVD to be sure it isn't broken or incompatible.

By nothing I mean that when the normal Q1 Pass window comes up for a normal AVI; nothing happens here, no new window and the main Batman window goes away as well. I have tried it with 4 different DVD's. The DVD's were transfered using DVD Shrink.

Here is the DEBUG:
installed in C:\Program Files\Batman
running in C:\DOCUME~1\LUSER~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\bt0406.bat

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 28BD-DDC0

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman

10/18/2007 08:43 AM <DIR> .
10/18/2007 08:43 AM <DIR> ..
10/01/2007 05:30 PM 159,086 BatMan.exe
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> codecs
10/16/2007 09:59 PM 5,361,149 divx2pass.log
10/17/2007 06:44 PM <DIR> ini
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> languages
10/18/2007 03:09 AM <DIR> log
09/02/2007 03:36 PM 8,972,350 mencoder.exe
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> mplayer
3 File(s) 14,492,585 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman\codecs

10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> .
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> ..
12/09/2002 08:22 PM 176,165 drv23260.dll
12/09/2002 08:24 PM 208,935 drv33260.dll
12/09/2002 08:27 PM 217,127 drv43260.dll
12/09/2002 08:20 PM 102,439 sipr3260.dll
4 File(s) 704,666 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman\ini

10/17/2007 06:44 PM <DIR> .
10/17/2007 06:44 PM <DIR> ..
10/18/2007 02:09 AM 4 lastdevice.ini
10/18/2007 01:25 AM 9 lastfolder.ini
10/17/2007 09:08 PM 4 lastlang.ini
10/18/2007 08:43 AM 5 lasttemp.ini
10/18/2007 02:09 AM 6 lastzoom.ini
5 File(s) 28 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman\languages

10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> .
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> ..
09/25/2007 10:39 PM 5,296 de.bat
09/13/2007 09:48 AM 12,313 de_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:39 PM 5,374 en.bat
09/13/2007 09:48 AM 10,236 en_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:39 PM 5,789 es.bat
09/13/2007 09:49 AM 11,279 es_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:39 PM 5,789 fr.bat
09/13/2007 09:49 AM 11,664 fr_about.txt
10/02/2007 01:07 PM 5,871 it.bat
10/02/2007 01:03 PM 11,117 it_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:40 PM 5,678 nl.bat
09/13/2007 09:49 AM 11,361 nl_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:40 PM 5,359 pl.bat
09/20/2007 07:32 AM 8,542 pl_about.txt
09/25/2007 10:40 PM 5,711 pt.bat
09/13/2007 09:49 AM 11,719 pt_about.txt
16 File(s) 133,098 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman\log

10/18/2007 08:43 AM <DIR> .
10/18/2007 08:43 AM <DIR> ..
10/16/2007 06:42 PM 3,599 temp101.batlog.txt
10/16/2007 06:34 PM 3 temp101.charcheck.txt
10/16/2007 06:34 PM 74 temp101.dir.txt
10/16/2007 06:42 PM 151,071 temp101.divx2pass.log
10/16/2007 06:43 PM 3,634 temp102.batlog.txt
10/16/2007 06:43 PM 3,778 temp103.batlog.txt
10/16/2007 06:43 PM 3 temp103.charcheck.txt
10/16/2007 10:11 PM 4,202 temp105.batlog.txt
10/16/2007 09:51 PM 3 temp105.charcheck.txt
10/16/2007 09:51 PM 74 temp105.dir.txt
10/16/2007 10:11 PM 110,673 temp105.divx2pass.log
10/17/2007 09:09 PM 4,132 temp111.batlog.txt
10/17/2007 09:08 PM 3 temp111.charcheck.txt
10/18/2007 08:43 AM 139 temp122.batlog.txt
14 File(s) 281,388 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Batman\mplayer

10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> .
10/16/2007 06:32 PM <DIR> ..
07/04/2007 01:14 AM 16 font.desc
08/23/2001 02:00 PM 136,076 subfont.ttf
2 File(s) 136,092 bytes

Total Files Listed:
44 File(s) 15,747,857 bytes
17 Dir(s) 8,627,380,224 bytes free
Thu 10/18/2007
08:43 AM
LUser@COOLMASTER starting up BatMan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
:recalcz
:Menu
qual="1"
Analyzing DVD titles ..
title="1"
chapter="1-1"
lang="en"
aid=""
ripname="Test"
:qualis
lastwill="debug"
lastwill=""
:q1
c:\temp\[Q1] Test
:q1
:end2
:end3
08:44 AM

Originally Posted by snafilter

The DVD's were transfered using DVD Shrink.

Transferred from what to what ? Only standard DVDs (MPEG-2) are supported.

LUser@COOLMASTER starting up BatMan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
:recalcz
:Menu
qual="1"
Analyzing DVD titles ..
title="1"
chapter="1-1"
lang="en"
aid=""

You press Enter when BatMan asks you for a AID, which will result in a default of 128. Are you sure that 128 is a valid audio stream on your DVD ? On some DVDs it's 160 or even another AID. Especially if you have used a 3rd-party application like DVDShrink to create your own DVD. One guy having problems even hat an AID of 0 (which is absolutely off-standard).
Before you have to enter an AID, BatMan should show you a list of available AIDs with a description.

Sorry the program is actually AnyDVD not DVD Shrink (though I wonder if that matters). Copied with the default settings so I assume it's MPEG-2; How can I determine the AID and MPEG version?

Thanks for your time by the way!

Originally Posted by BobbyQ

Before you have to enter an AID, BatMan should show you a list of available AIDs with a description.

read above

the options are "audio stream ID (aid, default=128) :" i entered 128 but still:
Thu 10/18/2007
01:40 PM
USER@Machine starting up BatMan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
:recalcz
:Menu
qual="1"
Analyzing DVD titles ..
title="1"
chapter="1-1"
lang="en"
aid="128"
ripname="Test"
:qualis
lastwill="debug"
lastwill=""
:q1
c:\temp\[Q1] Test
:q1
:end2
:end3
01:40 PM

you are difficult to give any support because you don't read properly :-/ I said 2 times there is a list, and you don't mention a word if you see that list or what it contains.

Bobby,

Hope you saw the Wink capture that I made....

Do I just assume that it's something with my machine and leave it at that?

I have a feeling you don't understand what I am writing. My last desperate try to help you is this screenshot :


you MUST select an aid FROM YOUR LIST !

Right then we have figured out the problem, this oh so wonderful list that you highlight with a red circle; I don't get that. Nothing I enter "en" for my default and then my next prompt doesn't show the list that you had.

After "en" I get
------- Title 1
------- Chapter 1
------- Language en


T = back to title selection
L = back to language selection

audio stream ID (aid, default=128) :

Enough of the English being my native language and all; if you don't want to help don't; clearly I have appreciated your help and have been friendly I do not feel that I deserve the attitude you are presenting.

I don't see what attitude you are criticizing ? I've been friendly too.
Btw, your list seems to be empty because there is no valid* audio stream information on your DVD, whatever it was created with.
Solution : use any other DVD Ripper to rip it down to avi, then convert the result with BatMan.

*in other words compatible with mplayer

Let me explain. As Batman said I have no valid audio stream so how do I get one. Well surfing the net I found a program called "Fair Use Wizard" it'll covert an ISO into an avi.

The problem is that my files are as Video_TS so I launch DVD Shrink, select my Title 1 and save it back to my HD as an ISO file. Next I use Fair Use Wizard and create from that an AVI. After that is done I use batman to get it into M6 friendly format (not the proper word I know since it's still and AVI but you get my drift).

So to get one movie onto my M6 it's a 3 step 4 hour or so process.

- not every program that claims to produce standard "DVD" does so
- MEncoder (which BatMan uses) is not 100&#37; compatible with every silver disc that claims to be a "DVD"
- if your DVD is not compatible, use any other DVD Ripper to rip it down to avi, then convert the result with BatMan