DVD>DVD4, %d bug still present .0.09n?

[gesplus]

Running 0.0.9n. OS X 10.3.3. Here's the output from DVD>DVD4 that failed.

I used YadeX to extract the DVD to a vob then chose the vob and hit DVD>DVD4

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M2VRequantiser by Makira.
Using 1.881034 as factor.
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeangel/ANGEL_S1_D6.vob.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeangel/ANGEL_S1_D6.vob.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeangel/ANGEL_S1_D6.vob.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 4587200 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeangel/ANGEL_S1_D6.vob.ac3)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 frame size = 768
INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 4856800
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 16022
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235556 frame=000000 sector=00000001
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
**ERROR: [mplex] Need to split output but there appears to be no %d in the filename pattern /Volumes/Bigun/yadeangel/ANGEL_S1_D6.vob.4.mpg

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So I researched the %d error here, and as a shot in the dark I renamed the m2v and ac3 files from the failed conversion, and as you suggested chose both to Mux as DVD and it failed again with the %d error.

INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 4587200 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.ac3)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 frame size = 768
INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 4856800
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 16022
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235556 frame=000000 sector=00000001
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
**ERROR: [mplex] Need to split output but there appears to be no %d in the filename pattern /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.mpg


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Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[gesplus]

Well for the heck of it I renamed the files and put a %d in the filename and tried Mux as DVD. It created about 2500 mpg files, but failed to make the VIDEO_TS folder, well it made the .DVD folder but the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS files were empty because it couldn't find the mpg.

Here's the output from that. I cut out the middle, it repeated with different numbers.

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INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720

INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 4587200 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.ac3)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 frame size = 768
INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 4856800
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 16022
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235556 frame=000000 sector=00000001
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235556 frame=000000 sector=00000001
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000

(snip)


INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 24841 frame=063043 sector=00512787
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 1603 frame=078944 sector=00029745
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 165581 frame=063043 sector=00512791
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 739 frame=078957 sector=00029750
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 126996
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 21570 frame=126996 sector=00553591
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 259 frame=160334 sector=00031001
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 160562 frame=126996 sector=00553595
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 163 frame=160348 sector=00031006
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 191340
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 15865 frame=191340 sector=00635173
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 67 frame=241295 sector=00030837
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 108633 frame=191340 sector=00635177
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 1792 frame=241301 sector=00030840
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 191820
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 217363 frame=191820 sector=00003448
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 1600 frame=241789 sector=00000186
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 216256 frame=191820 sector=00003452
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 1792 frame=241803 sector=00000192
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 223135
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 223135.
++ WARN: [mplex] Discarding incomplete final frame AC3 stream 0!
INFO: [mplex] STREAM bd completed @ frame 278875.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=106731666.
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=223135 sector=00251378
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 2560 frame=278875 sector=00014124
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 3958685451 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 19505
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 36
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 223135
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 19505
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 19505 avg. size 77853 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 63795 avg. size 27277 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 139871 avg. size 5004 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 3605600 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 26944800 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 217431
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd
INFO: [mplex] Audio stream length 214176773 bytes.
INFO: [mplex] Syncwords : 278877
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 278877 padded
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 0 unpadded
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 64 Buf max 5347
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01
STAT: Processing /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.mpg...
ERR: Error opening /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG%d.mpg: No such file or directory

[major]

INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.

You should have obtained a valid mpg file. Use the "Author as DVD" tool on it.

[gesplus]

INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.

You should have obtained a valid mpg file. Use the "Author as DVD" tool on it.

I tried muxing first because I didn't get a valid mpg file. After DVD>DVD4 makes the ac3 and m2v files I only get an 8k mpg file, then it Fails. If I use the %d in the file name it makes 2500+ 4k mpgs and then "fills in" three or four to 1G in size and one at 500M and a few smaller ones. It never generates one big mpg.

Below is the output from another try after reading your reply. Before I tried again I checked permissions, all was okay, and rebooted and ran fsck to make sure all was clear. I also threw away ffmepx prefs, just in case.
It failed the same, it made a 3.68G m2v and a 204M ac3 file, then a small 8k mpg named ANG.vob.4.mpg, then Failed.

Is it something on my end? For the record, I don't know if it's relevant, QT can't play the m2v, VLC plays the ac3 fine, but has trouble with the m2v, it gets to the menu and that's as far as it plays, or if it plays it plays choppy. I can successfully play the original vob file in mplayer, but VLC does the same as above as does QT.

Thx.

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M2VRequantiser by Makira.
Using 1.881034 as factor.
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.vob.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.vob.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.vob.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 4587200 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (/Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.vob.ac3)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 frame size = 768

INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 4856800
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [mplex] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 16022
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Running out...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235556 frame=000000 sector=00000001
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
**ERROR: [mplex] Need to split output but there appears to be no %d in the filename pattern /Volumes/Bigun/yadeang/ANG.vob.4.mpg

[major]

I'll check it again today and let you know.

[gesplus]

I'll check it again today and let you know.

Okay, I've got somewhere with this. I found that there are little 10k files inbetween the titles. As long as I don't choose those when I make the vob from yadex it will make the DVD. They show up as black in the Preview pane of yadex, no scroll bar. I can't include the menu or it gives the %d error too.

Now that I got it to work though, I found that because of making the vob I lose the menu and chapters, so that won't do. It's just one long file to play.

I was hoping the DVD>DVD4 worked like DVD2OneX, keeping the structure of the disc intact, but that's okay, I find ffmpegx worth the money for other things.

Is there any other way to use ffmpegx to compress the DVD but still keep chapters and the menu, so I don't have to purchase DVD2OneX?

[major]

I'll add chaptering and other options to DVD>DVD4 in further versions, this is in my to-do list.