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This feature is not included in all version of the product. If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it, please contact http://www.dmapp.com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade.  
 
 

A Project can be launched or re-run by simply dropping a text file in a specified directory. This directory is specified in on the job polling preferences page. If the job is successfully launched, the extension is on the file is changed from *.txt to *.running. If the job fails to launch successfully, the extension will be changed from *.txt to *.err and the error encountered should be added to the bottom of the file as a comment. If the job completes successfully, the extension will be changed from *.running to *.done and if there is an unexpected failure, the extension will be changed from *.running to *.err. The polled file can have any name with a *.txt file extension and must follow the following syntax (lines that start iwth a ';' are considered comments and are not parsed) :  
 
;  
;============================================================================================  
;Required Commands  
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
;JobTemplate = Full path to existing base job file (*.prj), some of whose settings can be modified by the optional commands listed below. The word template here does not suggest or have anything to do with the *.tpl template files.  
;StartingStage = Transcode|Author|Print|Write  
;============================================================================================  
;  
;============================================================================================  
;Optional Commands  
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
;JobID = New JobID, if not specified the JobID from the template will be used which means  
; the template will be modified. This option should only be used when  
; UsePre-EncodedFiles is yes or if the job template is set to use pre-encoded files.  
;Title = New Title  
;Subtitle = New Subtitle  
;Date = New Date  
;DataFileDirectory = Full path to the data file directory  
;FirstPlayAudio = Full path to the first play audio file. This file is optional even if a first play video file is included  
;FirstPlayVideo = Full path to the first play video file which can be an elementary stream, program stream or vob file  
;Quantity = Quantity or total number of copies  
;MenuTheme = Full path to new menu to use instead of the one specified in the template  
;DiscLabelFile = Full path to new disc label file  
;DiscLabelPrnFile = Full path to new disc label PRN file (if the job template is not set to use a PRN file for the disc label, this option will set it to do so)  
;DiscLabelBackground = Full path to new disc background bitmap  
;CaseWrapPrnFile = Full path the new case wrap PRN file (if the job template is not set to use a PRN file for the case wrap, this option will set it to do so)  
;CaseWrapBackground = Full path to new case wrap background bitmap  
;DataFileDirectory = Full path to a directory whose contents (including subdirectories) will be written to the root of the DVD  
 
;UsePre-EncodedFiles (this interface is still supported but is supersceded by 'UsePre-CapturedFiles') = yes|no  
;UsePre-CapturedFiles = yes|no  
;Pre-EncodedFileType (this interface is still supported but is supersceded by 'Pre-CapturedFileType') = ElementaryStreams|ProgramStreams|VobFiles  
;Pre-CapturedFileType = ElementaryStreams|ProgramStreams|VobFiles|FilesToEncode|DVDFiles|ImageFile:DVDFilesWithCollateral  
;Pre-EncodedFile (this interface is still supported but is supersceded by 'Pre-CapturedFile') = this parameter is a coma delimited list whose elements depend on the  
; type. This command is repeated for each segment to be combined onto this video title.  
; For ElementaryStreams  
; <Required: Full path to video stream>,<Required: Full path to audio stream>[,<Full path to thumbnail bitmap>[,<length of segment in hh:mm:ss>[,<Segment title>]]]  
;  
; For ProgramStreams  
; <Required: Full path to muxed program stream>[,<Full path to thumbnail bitmap>[,<length of segment in hh:mm:ss>[,<Segment title>]]]  
;  
; For VOBFiles  
; <Required: Full path to VOB file>[,<Full path to thumbnail bitmap>[,<length of segment in hh:mm:ss>[,<Segment title>]]]  
;  
; For FilesToEncode  
; <Required: Full path to VOB file>[,<Full path to thumbnail bitmap>[,<length of segment in hh:mm:ss>[,<Segment title>]]]  
;  
; For ImageFile  
; <Required: Full path to a UDF or ISO Image file>  
;  
; For DVDFiles  
; <Required: Drive letter of a DVD to copy or Full path of a folder containing DVD files to write>  
;  
; For DVDFilesWithCollateral  
; <Required: Drive letter of a DVD to copy or Full path of a folder containing DVD files to write. This is a special case of the DVDFiles option,  
; where the DVD being copied was authored by us and has a collateral folder. Given this, the collateral folder is used to reproduce the label and packaging.>  
;  
;Pre-CapturedFile = this parameter is a coma delimited list whose elements are determined by the prefix.  
; This command is repeated for each segment to be combined onto this video title.  
; coma delimited fields must be prefixed by one of the following:  
; MUXED: Full path to muxed or video elemntary stream file  
; VIDEO: Full path to video elementary stream file  
; LENGTH: Segment length in hh:mm:ss (this is required to set the bitrate)  
; AUDIO: Full path to audio elementary stream file  
; BITMAP: Full path to thumbnail bitmap  
; TITLE: Title  
; PATH: Drive letter of a DVD to copy or full path of a folder containing DVD files to write or full path to a UDF or ISO image file. With this option  
; there should only be one Pre-CapturedFile command line. (i.e. don't specify two images)  
;  
; MUXED or VIDEO and LENGTH are required, the remainder are optional.  
;  
;Variable = <variable name>,[<substitution value>]  
; The variable command takes a coma delimited pair where the first item is the variable name  
; and the second (optional) item is the value to be substituted for the variable in  
; the DVD menus and print assets. If the substitution value is left blank, the variable will be  
; replaced with nothing.  
;============================================================================================  
;  
 
JobTemplate = <full path>\test.job  
JobID = test2  
StartingStage = Author  
Title = New Title  
Subtitle = New Subtitle  
Date = New Date  
MenuTheme=<full path>\vtodvd_nss.menu  
 
UsePre-EncodedFiles=yes  
Pre-EncodedFileType = ElementaryStreams  
Pre-CapturedFile=VIDEO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\video0.m2v, AUDIO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\audio0.ac3,LENGTH:5  
Pre-CapturedFile=VIDEO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\video1.m2v, AUDIO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\audio1.ac3,LENGTH:0:5  
Pre-CapturedFile=VIDEO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\video2.m2v, AUDIO:D:\RocketDVD Pro\work\streams\audio2.ac3,LENGTH:0:0:5