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Ver: 1.1.0.8 

In DVRMStoMPEGSettings.exe, selected "Convert DVR-MS file to MPEG" in DVRMSToolbox tab, and selected Save button. [this closes the window every time I select it; is that correct?]

File Watcher runs something [log shows entries of "FW Begin Process" and several dvr-ms file names], but no output files appear anywhere on my drive [search for *.mpg].

Output folder is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DVRMSToolBox\Output

ProcessArg is: /if="{0}" /of="{1}"

LogWrite is checked

 Manual run of DVRMStoMPEGGUI.exe successfully creates mpg files.

What am I overlooking?

I'll try this again - the last two times when I tried to post my reply it just errored out.

I want to automatically convert my dvr-ms files to MPG after the show finishes.  I have a wireless media player that will let me play MPG files on my TV in another room, but it does not recognize dvr-ms files.  I do not need to remove commercials or any other "fine-tuning", I just need an MPG format file.  Based on the log files something is happening, but there do not seem to be any MPG files created.  I can create them manually in the GUI exe, but File Watcher does not create them.

In addition to the other info I posted, here are the contents of the text files produced for a typical show:

File in FW log folder:

InputFile=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Recorded TV\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.dvr-ms
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Testing "Processed Files"
Testing "Every File"
"Every File" is a match.
Profile = nativecommdetect
ProcessId = 5892
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.1.0.8
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Recorded TV\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.dvr-ms
Waiting to process file  [a lot of these entries - I deleted them here]
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 01:15:01
Waiting for available worker: 6/30/2010 11:12 PM
Worker allocated: 6/30/2010 11:12 PM
Find Commercials in file
Using trial version of ShowAnalyzer.  There are 12 left in the evaluation.  Go to www.dragonglobal.org to purchase the full version.
.26%
4.97%
9.29%
13.34%
17.25%
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
.95%
7.04%
12.87%
16.49%
20.24%
24.5%
28.22%
31.32%
36.06%
40.39%
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
44.28%
47.17%
50.18%
54.26%
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
57.99%
59.84%
63.47%
68.18%
71.95%
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
76.2%
80.32%
84.35%
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
86.62%
89.76%
94.28%
97.97%
99.99%
Finished Commercial Detectection
Duration = 00:02:43.1718750
Write commercial spans as xml
Write Commercials: C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\CommercialsXml\in plain sight_usap_30_06_2010_21_57_03.xml
Duration = 00:00:00
Worker Released : True
Total Duration = 01:17:44.1718750

In the Recorded TV folder, there is an .edl file, and a txt file.  The txt file contents are:

FILE PROCESSING COMPLETE
------------------------
17673 22174
42924 50584
60442 67641
77967 85478
94070 99170

Thanks so much - that did it!