Why MP2? Then why failure?

[Gripweed]

I thought DVDs use MP3 for audio and VCDs use MP2. Why is SVCD2DVD converting perfectly good MP3 audio over to MP2 to make a DVD? And then, why the failure?

Version: SVCD2DVD 2.5
Build: 2.5.2725.29477

Name: SVCD2DVD 2.5
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Processing assets for DVD creation

=================== AV Details ===================
File Size: 349 MB
file=E:\\Post-Processing\\mlandsS01E01.avi
FormatName=avi
Num_Frames=67756
DurationInSecs=2712
Duration=00:45:12.9
VideoCodec=mpeg4
VideoFFSTNum=0
Width=624
Height=352
Standard=PAL
BitRate=1080
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1FFSTNum=1
Audio1StreamID=[0x1]
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=mp3
Audio1BitRate=131
Audio1Channels=2
=================== AV Details ===================

AVI2MPG: 9000kbs Full-D1
21:24:56: Looking for AVI PAR...
Pass 1/1: Processing mlandsS01E01.avi
21:24:58: FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

21:24:58: configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --enable-avisynth

21:24:58: libavutil version: 49.4.0

21:24:58: libavcodec version: 51.40.4

21:24:58: libavformat version: 51.12.1

21:24:58: built on Jun 18 2007 13:04:11, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)

21:24:58: Input #0, avi, from 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01.avi':

21:24:58: Duration: 00:45:12.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1080 kb/s

21:24:58: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352, 24.98 fps(r)

21:24:58: Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 131 kb/s

21:24:58: Output #0, dvd, to 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2D.mpg':

21:24:58: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=1-31, 9000 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)

21:24:58: Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s

21:24:58: Stream mapping:

21:24:58: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

21:24:58: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

21:24:58: Press [q] to stop encoding

22:42:10: video:2355949kB audio:74173kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.989479%

22:42:10: AVI2MPG: done.
PAL->NTSC: demuxing mlandsS01E01_S2D.mpg
22:42:12: FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

22:42:12: configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --enable-avisynth

22:42:12: libavutil version: 49.4.0

22:42:12: libavcodec version: 51.40.4

22:42:12: libavformat version: 51.12.1

22:42:12: built on Jun 18 2007 13:04:11, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)

22:42:12: Input #0, mpeg, from 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mpg':

22:42:12: Duration: 00:45:12.2, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 7486 kb/s

22:42:12: Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, 9000 kb/s, 25.00 fps(r)

22:42:12: Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s

22:42:12: Output #0, rawvideo, to 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mpv':

22:42:12: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 9000 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)

22:42:12: Output #1, mp2, to 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mp2':

22:42:12: Stream #1.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s

22:42:12: Stream mapping:

22:42:12: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

22:42:12: Stream #0.1 -> #1.0

22:42:12: Press [q] to stop encoding

22:46:18: video:2358327kB audio:74173kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead -3.049236%

22:46:18: PAL->NTSC: Applying Pulldown mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mpv
22:46:19: SVCD2DVD: Convert2NTSC: Converting....

23:10:20: PAL->NTSC: Muxing mlandsS01E01_S2D.mpg
23:10:21: INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)

23:10:21: INFO: [???] File E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL_pd.mpv looks like an MPEG Video stream.

23:10:21: **ERROR: [???] File E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mp2 unrecogniseable!

23:10:21: **ERROR: [???] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.

23:10:21: Done: Processing assets for DVD creation
Authoring DVD Folders


Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Source: mscorlib

Message: Could not find file 'E:\Post-Processing\mlandsS01E01_S2D.mpg'.

InnerException:

StackTrace: at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileInfo.get_Length()
at x3284ccece41ee22b.xd3764d4f1e921081.x2e6504f39decc 498()
at x3284ccece41ee22b.xd3764d4f1e921081.xf81783e1b359f fc3()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context( Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionCon text executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

[SatStorm]

European DVD Video, support MP2 (musicam) for audio.

American DVDs use AC3 for audio (not mp3)

[Gripweed]

European DVD Video, support MP2 (musicam) for audio.

American DVDs use AC3 for audio (not mp3)

Whoops! Sorry! I had my "3s" mixed up.
Ok, that answers the first question and now why the failure? Chrissy?

[Jikchung]

Appears to be an error with the audio file. Does the file "mlandsS01E01_S2DPAL.mp2" exist? Can you play it (should play in WMP, at least it will on my PC)?

[Gripweed]

No, I have the program set to remove the temp files at completion and so the .mp2 disappeared. I'm in the middle of doing another convert but this time resulting in a AC3 audio track rather than MPEG. We'll see how it goes. If it works then I'll give MP2 a try again just for the heck of it.
For what it is worth, the source .AVI had no problem with audio.

[Gripweed]

Update: Must have been a one-time glitch. AC3 worked fine and the second try with MP2 also worked ok.

[Stuart-ASI]

ok i have a similar prob in that it wont recognise the mp2 files.
and because of this it then deletes all the converted files. and quits with an error.

Just trying to check with previous versions..

[ChrissyBoy]

ok. For now i would recommend choosing AC3 in the Audio Encoding settings. I will fix this in the next release.

[Gripweed]

I want to correct what I wrote above. It turns out that my second attempt at doing the convert to MP2 wasn't for MP2 after all. I had thought I switched it back to MP2 from AC3 but the setting change must not have stuck. I actually did the convert as AC3 again and didn't realize it. I just did a MP2 convert (double checked this time) and it failed again.
That's alright because I learned something by the experience in that since I'm in North America I probably should have been using AC3 all the time anyway.

[ChrissyBoy]

Can you try build Build 2.5.2728 (from the website)? It should resolve this issue for you?

[Gripweed]

Can you try build Build 2.5.2728 (from the website)? It should resolve this issue for you?

Just downloading it now. Thanks! I'll give it a try over this weekend and let you know how it goes.