DVD from recording from PVR cable box

[lkearl]

I've used EyeTV Hybrid to copy a movie I recorded on my PVR cable box and then exported the file from EyeTV as a MPEG-1 file so I can use ffmpegX to convert to DVD format. I choose the file and then choose the DVD mpeg2enc preset. I see in the information window that video has a 23.976 fps w/ 3:2 and then on the Options tab that the preset has correctly selected the Set 3:2 option. But when I hit encode it stops within a second or two and here is the Process Information. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I can view the MPEG file from EyeTV using VLC and it plays with no problems. Thank you.

/bin/sh: line 1: /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/mpeg2enc: Malformed Mach-o file
Mon Jul 30 08:53:41 MDT 2007
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler 1.9.0 (15-02-2004) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2004 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>, yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/ldkearl/Documents/EyeTV Archive/Harry Potter Goblet of Fire.mpg.part1.mpg':
Duration: 02:27:43.4, start: 0.237300, bitrate: 6527 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 720x480, 29.97 fps
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Output #0, yuv4mpegpipe, to 'pipe:':
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, yuv420p, 720x480, 23.98 fps, q=2-31, 200 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
INFO: [yuvscaler] input: frame size: 720x480 pixels (518400 bytes)
INFO: [yuvscaler] input: chroma: 4:2:0 MPEG-2 (horiz. cositing)
INFO: [yuvscaler] input: frame rate: 2997/125 fps (~23.976000)
INFO: [yuvscaler] input: interlace: top-field-first
INFO: [yuvscaler] input: sample aspect ratio: ?
INFO: [yuvscaler] from 720x480, take 720x480+0+0, INTERLACED_TOP_FIRST
INFO: [yuvscaler] scale to 720x480, 720x480 being displayed
INFO: [yuvscaler] Scaling uses the BICUBIC algorithm,
INFO: [yuvscaler] frame rate: 23.976 fps
INFO: [yuvscaler] Scaling ratio for width is 1 to 1
INFO: [yuvscaler] and is 1 to 1 for height
INFO: [yuvscaler] Specific downscaling routing number 4

[electrodaveultra]

Check under Options and see if you have "Decode with Quicktime" checked. If so change it to "Decode with mplayer". I think you need the Quicktime MPEG2 component installed to decode with Quicktime (which you have to buy - it's not included).

[tomlee59]

Another potential problem is that the pathname contains spaces. Get rid of all special characters in the pathname to maximize chances of success. Some of the modules within ffmpegX can't handle spaces, etc. gracefully.