Sizzle Will not accept file.mp2

[marchzon]

I get an error message in Sizzle 0.5 b2 on a Mac G4 Powerbook 867mHz when adding an .MP2 file:

Some audio in "file.mp2" is not in AC3, MP2or LCPM format.

The file is added in the audio pane clicking the “+” button.
The file was encoded in MP2 with Mediapipe using the pipe:
[ File Browser->File Streamer->AC3 Decoder->MP2 Encoder ].

I also tried xplex. It ran to a point and finally stopped. Reading in the Terminal that there was a bus error.

The AC3 file was ripped using OSEx

Both the AC3 file and the MP2 file play in VLC.
Some one posted that they had trouble adding smaller mp2 to Sizzle but I've read nothing else on this.

This mp3 is 3.6 mb.
The mpv is 7.8 mb.

I am running through some procedural tests on small files before spending the time on the big stuff.
Any Thoughts?

[galactica]

try converting that ac3 over with mAC3dec or even ffmpegx's passthough if you have the entire video file muxed, that way you get exactly what you want and then you just demux and have the mpeg which you can then mux with that converted .mp2 file

[WiseWeasel]

Why don't you just use the ac3 audio?

[marchzon]

When I use the AC3 I get an error message that the file is 44.1 khz instead of 48 but that it will use it anyway. Then it goes half way into making a disc image and then Sizzle unexpectedly quits. Actually by the 3rd effort, it was no longer unexepected. So to date, I have not gotten past Sizzle in attempting to combine audio with video and then to burn Movie to DVD.

[Ladd]

When I use the AC3 I get an error message that the file is 44.1 khz instead of 48 but that it will use it anyway. Then it goes half way into making a disc image and then Sizzle unexpectedly quits.

I am having EXACTLY the same problem!

The file is 3ivx.avi, source files were extracted using ffmpegx, attempting to use Sizzle gives me the same results as you.

I am attempting to solve an issue whereby the tv show episode plays fine in VLC but has about a half-second audio delay when playing in QuickTime.

[galactica]

are you guys using the newest version?

[Ladd]

are you guys using the newest version?

I'm using 0.5b2 which I believe is the latest version...

[marchzon]

.5b2 is the latest Sizzle & the one I reference.

[galactica]

have you tried converting the audio over to 48khz?

[Ladd]

have you tried converting the audio over to 48khz?

According to the original file I'm dealing with (probably a different file from the original poster), the file's audio is already 48kHz. Plus, when I ran it through ffmpegX, the setting (DVD hi-rate) purportedly export the audio at 48kHz.

I would be happy to try it again though using some other method. What do you suggest?

[brett]

didn't someone earlier post that the latest sizzle was not accepting any (48khz) .mp2 audio, muxed or not?

as a replay tv / capty mpeg edit guy, i need sizzle to accept .mp2 -- i'd rather not go converting the audio yet again to another format.

in any event, i don't know the answer because it's not football season yet and thus i haven't had the need to use sizzle. but that season fastly approaches. i guess what i'd really like to know is the converse of this thread -- whether anyone has successfully authored with the new sizzle using a source with .mp2 audio . . . .

[mhar4]

i guess what i'd really like to know is the converse of this thread -- whether anyone has successfully authored with the new sizzle using a source with .mp2 audio . . . .

Many times with no problems.

[galactica]

within the next couple of days I am going to author a dvd I have been working on with Sizzle. I keep all the older versions so ill try it with the new one and see what happens. From what i have read elsewhere, it seems to be that for some people they have this problem, but others dont. If you have the old sizzle 0.5 you could always just use that. I am not at my home computer now but if you want me to host it i can

[marchzon]

I have used other apps besides OSEx and several sources discs with which and from which I have extracted AC3 files and used mediapipe to change the AC3 to MP2. Other apps show the resultant MP2 to be 48kHz. Sizzle will not successfully author with any audio file I have used whether it is MP2,

or AC3.

I would be interested in trying any earlier Sizzle if you can give me a download URL. And interested to know what might be the difference between those using Sizzle .5b2 successfuly and those not.

Thank You,

Powerbook 12" 867 mHz G4 640mb RAM running OS 10.2.8
with Developers Tools dated 12/8/02 successfully run and doubting but not knowing if there are differences due to this installation.

[Ladd]

Update:

Sizzle 0.5b1 *does* process the .ac3 and .m3v files produced by ffmpegX (sizzle 0.5b2 crashes), but the audio disconnect still exists.

I'm guessing that at some point a process or codec used by QuickTime is introducing the audio disconnect. Whatever process or codec is causing the issue isn't used by VLC which is why that application can play the file properly.

Any way to export from VLC streams that can be re-combined to get a usable VCD or DVD?

[llee782]

I haven't been able to get .5b2 to accept .mp2, so I used .ac3. Then I tried to use a .ac3 that was 2.9 megs for a menu background audio track and Sizzle refused to accept it also, with the message that it contained no data. My assumption since I used the same method to create the short .ac3 file as the the one that was accepted by Sizzle is that this had something to do with the small size/short length. So right now, I consider .5b2 to be useful if:

a: you use .ac3 audio instead of .mp2
b: your .ac3 file is big/long enough for Sizzle to think it contains data.

Has anyone else been able to use a short .ac3 file for menu background sound?

[pyroguyperson]

I was going to start my own thread but I guess this fit's here...

Anyone else had a video problem with Sizzle?

"Video in "file.m2v" appears to be from an SVCD, PVR, or digital satellite TV. It is not a valid DVD stream. The stream will be added, but DVD players may be unable to play it."

But also I try to use "+" to add the demuxed .m1a audio file and it doesn't let me select it... Any ideas on what I can/should do?

[Iceman67]

I, too, have had trouble with Sizzle. I used ffmpegx to demux the SVCD mpeg 2 as instructed in Galactica's guide. Then did the passthrough on video and encoded the audio at MP2 at 48mhz. Then I tried to add the MP2 file in Sizzle after the video was added. It was finicky and sometimes let me and sometimes didn't. I got one to accept both the video and audio.

BUT halfway through the Sizzle muxing/demuxing process, Sizzle unexpectedly quits. I thought I was the only one. So I have been playing with iDVD 3. Oddly enough, iDVD accepted the audio but not the video saying it was the wrong length. Until I saw this post, I was about to give up and switch to Betamax videos...