SVCD2DVD "hangs" and then locks Vista

[tngin]

I recently downloaded SVCD2DVD 2.5 and I'm attempting to generate a DVD image from an HD basketball recording that I pulled from my DVR using iRecord on my MAC. I transferred the mpeg2 ts file over to my Vista box and then used MPEG Streamclip to chop out the commercials. I also cut the .ts file into separate files, one file for the pregame, and one file each quarter and the two overtimes in the game. I separated the game into separate files just so I could manage the work of chopping out the commercials over several sittings.

I then pulled the files into SVCD2DVD and told it to generate the DVD image. On both of my tries, SVCD2DVD seemed to "hang" on the second file (1st Quarter.ts) at the same "point" in the encoding (27.2% of the file, I think). The first file ("Pregame.ts", which is a much smaller file) encoded fine on both runs. When I brought up Task Manager, I could see ffmpeg was running (did not appear hung, as it's CPU usage not maxed out but varing between 50% and 70%). I figured that SVCD2DVD was just "working" so I let it go but after a few hours, my mouse and keyboard locked up and I had to reboot.

As implied above, I tried the encoding (same set of files) a second time, with the same result of SVCD2DVD "hanging" at 27.2% on the "1st Quarter.ts" file.

I saw the sticky posting on dust and overheating CPU. I don't think that is the problem because my PC is pretty new (about 1 month old). Plus, the problem occurred at the same point on the same file, which seems too coincidental. I downloaded the Orthos stress util and I'll run it overnight & follow up with a post in the morning on whether my PC is still running. (It's been running for 45 minutes so far, and my fan is still at a low speed.)

Here is the SVCD2DVD log from the 2nd run (with some of the newlines manually removed to shorten the length of the post). The log from the first run looks similar (I can post it too if that will help).

Thanks for any help anyone can provide!!


************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** SVCD2DVD *****************************

Name: SVCD2DVD 2.5
Title: 2.5
Version: 2.5.3300.0
Executable: C:\SVCD2DVD\SVCD2DVD.exe
Executable size: 2.55 MB
Executable size in bytes: 2682963
Executable CreationTime: 9/26/2007 3:40:06 AM
Executable LastWriteTime: 10/22/2007 12:13:35 AM
Executable LastAccessTime: 10/22/2007 12:13:34 AM

************************* Operating System *************************

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Service Pack:
Version : 6.0.6000
Windows Directory : C:\Windows

OSLanguage: 1033
CodeSet: 1252
CountryCode: 1
Local: 0409

Total Physical Memory: 1.93 GB
Free Physical Memory: 1.32 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 4.09 GB
Free Virtual Memory: 3.34 GB

***************************** Computer *****************************

Computer Manufacturer Name: Dell Inc.
Computer Model: Inspiron 531s
System Type: X86-based PC
Computer Name: SERENITY
DomainRole: x2c3419cdc9b8e007
Number Of Processors: 1
User Name: serenity\Tracey

***************************** Processor ****************************

Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
Description: x64 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1
CPU Speed: 2.31GHz
CPU FSB: 200MHz
L2 Cache Size: 1.00 KB

21:04:17: Logical CPUs: 2
***************************** Time Zone ****************************

Time Zone: (GMT-07:00) Arizona

****************************** VIDEO *******************************

Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE
Processor: GeForce 6150SE
Mode: 1440 x 900 x 4294967296 colors
Video Ram: 64.0 MB
Status: OK

****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 138 GB
FreeSpace: 42.7 GB

DeviceID: D:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 9.99 GB
FreeSpace: 6.42 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************

************************* ProjectMetaData **************************

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SVCD2DVD DateTime="10/21/2007 9:04:17 PM" Filename="C:\tmp\Suns Mavs.s2d">
<AssetSet>
<Asset ID="6b3b34b2-d11d-4046-b90a-7a341e2d7d5a" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="3rd Quarter.ts" />
<Asset ID="9e8765f6-cd98-4113-b342-8c354e439288" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="4th Quarter.ts" />
<Asset ID="e2caae2b-dc3d-4475-9e07-525656585fa5" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="Overtime 1.ts" />
<Asset ID="e595dc69-31c1-4bb0-a97c-c02d9a4eb9c7" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="Overtime 2.ts" />
<Asset ID="c40c1b02-fcec-4cef-97b9-246928e951e3" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="Pregame.ts" />
<Asset ID="c2a4db8c-1cb5-40cc-89b3-8b5f5f1bde3b" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="1st Quarter.ts" />
<Asset ID="ea578189-a2cd-43b2-bd72-5b41ac009349" Path="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs" Filename="2nd Quarter.ts" />
</AssetSet>
<DVDStructure>
<TitleSet Name="Suns vs. Mavs March 14, 2007" PostCmd="" MenuButtonType="0">
<MenuButton X1="51" Y1="435" X2="645" Y2="488" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3">Suns vs. Mavs March 14, 2007</MenuButton>
<Title Name="Pregame.ts" AssetID="c40c1b02-fcec-4cef-97b9-246928e951e3" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="1st Quarter.ts" AssetID="c2a4db8c-1cb5-40cc-89b3-8b5f5f1bde3b" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="2nd Quarter.ts" AssetID="ea578189-a2cd-43b2-bd72-5b41ac009349" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="3rd Quarter.ts" AssetID="6b3b34b2-d11d-4046-b90a-7a341e2d7d5a" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="4th Quarter.ts" AssetID="9e8765f6-cd98-4113-b342-8c354e439288" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="Overtime 1.ts" AssetID="e2caae2b-dc3d-4475-9e07-525656585fa5" MplexOffset="0" />
<Title Name="Overtime 2.ts" AssetID="e595dc69-31c1-4bb0-a97c-c02d9a4eb9c7" MplexOffset="0" />
</TitleSet>
<DVDMenu Normal="-1" Highlight="-65536" Active="-16711681" ShowPlayAllButton="True" DSOffsetWidth="1" DSOffsetHeight="1" DSColor="0" DSOnOff="True" BackgroundImagePath="C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs\Suns.bmp" AudioPath="">
<PlayAllButton X1="581" Y1="56" X2="645" Y2="83" FontFamily="Microsoft JhengHei" FontSize="12" FontStyle="3">Play All</PlayAllButton>
<TextObject X1="0" Y1="0" X2="95" Y2="53" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3" ForeColor="-16777216">Play</TextObject>
</DVDMenu>
</DVDStructure>
<Settings>
<General InitialAssetFolder="" InitialDVDFolder="" OutputFolderName="SVCD2DVD_OUTPUT" InitialProjectFolder="" InitialMenuBackgroundFolder="" DeleteS2DFiles="False" UseDVDShrink="False" />
<Menu AudioEncoding="Custom_mpa" DefaultCustomAudioPath="" DefaultCustomImagePath="" TVStandard="NTSC" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3" PlayAllText="Play All" Loop="True" ShowMenuStandardWarning="True" EncodeVideo2AudioDuration="False" MenuAspectRatio="AR_4_3" />
<Process AudioEncoding="ac3" Chapters="Every 10 mins" SkipMPA48="False" SkipAC3="True" PanSan="False" MergeTitles="False" UsePulldown="True" PAL2NTSC="False" AVI2PASS="False" AVI2HALFD1="FS" NoBframes_FullME="False" UseCustomMatrices="False" IntraMatrix="" NonIntraMatrix="" TVOverscanPixels="0" UseThreads="True" ForceWS="False" SafeMaxBitRate="False" />
<Program BINExtraction="vcdxrip" VCDGearFIX="False" FastAudioEncode="True" />
<Burning BurningMethod="NONE" ImgBurnPath="" DVDDErase="True" DVDDClose="False" DVDDDontBurn="False" />
</Settings>
</SVCD2DVD>

************************* ProjectMetaData **************************
Processing assets for DVD creation

=================== AV Details ===================
File Size: 298 MB
file=C:\\tmp\\Suns vs Mavs\\Pregame.ts
FormatName=mpegts
Num_Frames=7941
DurationInSecs=132
Duration=00:02:12.4
VideoCodec=mpeg2video
VideoFFSTNum=0
Width=1280
Height=720
Standard=NTSC (59.94fps)
BitRate=18871
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1FFSTNum=1
Audio1StreamID=[0x41]
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=ac3
Audio1BitRate=384
Audio1Channels=6
=================== AV Details ===================

HDTV2DVDMPG: 3472kbs
Leaving source audio alone.
Pass 1/1: Processing Pregame.ts
21:04:18: FFmpeg version SVN-r7159, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

21:04:18: configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-dts --enable-faad --enable-avisynth

21:04:18: libavutil version: 49.1.0
21:04:18: libavcodec version: 51.27.0
21:04:18: libavformat version: 51.12.1
21:04:18: built on Sep 13 2007 10:38:52, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)
21:04:18: Input #0, mpegts, from 'C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs\Pregame.ts':
21:04:18: Duration: N/A, start: 1.000000, bitrate: N/A
21:04:18: Stream #0.0[0x40]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720, 38810 kb/s, 59.94 fps(r)
21:04:18: Stream #0.1[0x41]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
21:04:18: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs\Pregame_S2D.mpg':
21:04:18: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=1-31, 3472 kb/s, 29.97 fps(c)
21:04:18: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
21:04:18: Stream mapping:
21:04:18: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
21:04:18: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
21:04:18: Press [q] to stop encoding
21:06:01: video:56351kB audio:6210kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.389829%
21:06:01: HDTV2DVDMPG: done.

=================== AV Details ===================
File Size: 3.36 GB
file=C:\\tmp\\Suns vs Mavs\\1st Quarter.ts
FormatName=mpegts
Num_Frames=91861
DurationInSecs=1532
Duration=00:25:32.5
VideoCodec=mpeg2video
VideoFFSTNum=0
Width=1280
Height=720
Standard=NTSC (59.94fps)
BitRate=18860
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1FFSTNum=1
Audio1StreamID=[0x41]
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=ac3
Audio1BitRate=384
Audio1Channels=6
=================== AV Details ===================

HDTV2DVDMPG: 3472kbs
Leaving source audio alone.
Pass 1/1: Processing 1st Quarter.ts
21:06:02: FFmpeg version SVN-r7159, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

21:06:02: configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-dts --enable-faad --enable-avisynth

21:06:02: libavutil version: 49.1.0
21:06:02: libavcodec version: 51.27.0
21:06:02: libavformat version: 51.12.1
21:06:02: built on Sep 13 2007 10:38:52, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)
21:06:02: Input #0, mpegts, from 'C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs\1st Quarter.ts':
21:06:02: Duration: 00:25:32.5, start: 1.000000, bitrate: 18860 kb/s
21:06:02: Stream #0.0[0x40]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720, 38810 kb/s, 59.94 fps(r)
21:06:02: Stream #0.1[0x41]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
21:06:02: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\tmp\Suns vs Mavs\1st Quarter_S2D.mpg':
21:06:02: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=1-31, 3472 kb/s, 29.97 fps(c)
21:06:02: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
21:06:02: Stream mapping:
21:06:02: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
21:06:02: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
21:06:02: Press [q] to stop encoding
21:06:18: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:18: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:18: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:18: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]buffer underflow
21:06:22: [dvd @ 0084E46C]packet too large, ignoring buffer limits to mux it
21:12:44: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]mb incr damaged
21:12:44: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]slice mismatch
21:12:44: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]Warning MVs not available
21:12:44: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 547 DC, 547 AC, 547 MV errors
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]mb incr damaged
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 27 23
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 12 21
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]Warning MVs not available
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 429 DC, 429 AC, 429 MV errors
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 13 5
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]slice mismatch
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 27 7
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 21 9
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid mb type in I Frame at 26 10
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 26 13
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 73 14
21:18:57: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 649 DC, 649 AC, 649 MV errors
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]slice mismatch
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 70 35
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 45 29
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 49 41
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 31 42
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid mb type in P Frame at 59 43
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 49 33
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]Warning MVs not available
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 644 DC, 644 AC, 644 MV errors
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]mb incr damaged
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 79 26
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]slice mismatch
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 72 18
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 47 31
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 63 21
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 1030 DC, 1030 AC, 1030 MV errors
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 68 34
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid mb type in B Frame at 58 2
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 63 37
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid mb type in B Frame at 58 41
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]mb incr damaged
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 61 28
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 6 30
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]mb incr damaged
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 57 18
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 25 34
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 1349 DC, 1349 AC, 1349 MV errors
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 46 13
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 26 14
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 43 0
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]ac-tex damaged at 7 3
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 5 6
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 49 9
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]skipped MB in I frame at 0 11
21:21:17: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 723 DC, 723 AC, 723 MV errors
21:26:40: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]invalid cbp at 36 13
21:26:40: [mpeg2video @ 00822700]concealing 198 DC, 198 AC, 198 MV errors

[Jikchung]

You might use VideoReDo's "Quickstream Fix" on this file and try to run it again.

[tngin]

The stress test was still running this morning (duration was 7.5 hours). Dwight, I'll try VideoReDo's "Quickstream Fix" as you suggested. Thanks!

[tngin]

Video Quickstream reported a "Mpeg stream error: Audio Ring Buffer Overflow" error. Hmmm... I still have the recording on my DVR. I'll try re-downloading (i.e., re-iRecording) that portion and report back.

[tngin]

Just curious... I'm using VideoReDo to "fix" my other .ts files. The resulting .mpg is much smaller. Any idea what VideoReDo does that results in a smaller file?

[Jikchung]

Quickstream reported a "Mpeg stream error: Audio Ring Buffer Overflow" error

Looks like it may be a faulty file.

The resulting .mpg is much smaller.

It may be how you're running it, are you saving as ".TS"? Try reading some of these posts starting here:

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic280140.html#1390719

[tngin]

I finally had a chance to get back to this today. Thanks for the advice on saving as a Transmit Stream vs. a MPEG Program Stream. Actually, it turns out the reason the output file that VideoRedo's "Quickstream fix" was much smaller than the input file is because for some reason VideoRedo is not processing the entire file. The input file was the entire 2nd quarter of the basketball game plus halftime and totalled a little over 25 minutes in length. The "fixed" file ends with about 4 minutes left in the second quarter, with the total length at 14 minutes and 50 seconds (i.e., I "lost" about 9 minutes of the tail end of the stream).

I am using the "free/trial" version of VideoRedo. Does the trial version have some limit that kicks in when you attempt to fix a file? Or is there something wrong with my input file that causes VideoRedo to think its at the end of the stream before it really is?

[Jikchung]

I am not aware of any limit in the trial version, I would have to say it's a source problem. You wouldn't still happen to have the unedited full file would you? VideoReDo is a great editor too.

[tngin]

Yeah, I've considered that it may be my edits to the full original file using MPEG Streamclip that resulted in the problems. I do have the original file, so I'll try using VideoRedo to do my edits (after running a QuickFix on the entire file) and see if I get better results. Thanks!