mplex gives - Need to split output

[Squeeto]

Hi,
I am trying to multiplex a .m2v and a .ac3 with mplex.

mplex -f 8 -o "done.mpg" "video.m2v" "audio.ac3"

**ERROR: [mplex] Need to split output but there appears to be no %d in the filename

This is an old problem that was supposed to be fixed.
See:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=210853

I have version 2.2.2 2003/05/13. Is this version still too old or is there possibly a problem with my m2v or ac3 files?

Thanks, Squeeto

[liquid217]

its not a bug. Mplex has detected some 'end of stream' markers in the m2v file and wants to create a separate file for the next segment. You can remove the 'end of stream' markers with restream. Also see here for a related subject.

[Squeeto]

This is true- I joined a few .m2v films together using BeSplit.

BeSplit -core( -input video.lst -prefix video.m2v -type m2v -join )

Do you think I should be talking to DSPguru next?

[Squeeto]

Maybe it is something that I did in TMPGEnc.

[Squeeto]

Aaahh. ReStream did the trick and DVDAuthor didn't complain either.
Thank you Liquid217.

Did I make a mistake along the way (a setting in TMPGEnc maybe) that I could correct so that I don't have to restream? Maybe BESplit adds the end of sequence codes.

[liquid217]

If besplit is the last tool you used before using mplex, then i would guess that it added them. Im not really familiar with besplit, so i really can't help you with that.