Not getting Audio/VideoTS folders created for DVD

[LoafingOaf]

For some reason just lately ffmpegx is refusing to convert things to DVD. What appears to be happening is that at the point where ffmpegx says "finished" it freezes, and I'm left with three separate files - an .ac3, a .wav and a .m2v file.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas?
Thanks.

[Case]

1/ Which DVD preset did you use?
2/ Does the .ac3 file have the expected file size? (Extremely small file might point to an audio error, halting the conversion process.)
3/ Is Author as DVD (VIDEO_TS) in the Options tab checked?
4/ Please post the Process Information log (accessible by clicking the blue "i" in the ffmpegX Progress window) to see if there is any specific error message to be found.

[LoafingOaf]

1/ Which DVD preset did you use?
2/ Does the .ac3 file have the expected file size? (Extremely small file might point to an audio error, halting the conversion process.)
3/ Is Author as DVD (VIDEO_TS) in the Options tab checked?
4/ Please post the Process Information log (accessible by clicking the blue "i" in the ffmpegX Progress window) to see if there is any specific error message to be found.

Hi
1. Preset used was DVDmpeg2enc (can't use ffmpegx because I need to load subs)

2. AC3 file is 340kb (m2v is 2.32GB, wav is 463.6KB) When I play the AC3 in VLC it only lasts about 3 seconds, and sounds like the entire soundtrack of the film is playing at a million miles a minute

3. Yes, Author as DVD (VIDEO_TS) is checked

4. Can't post the process info log because ffmpegx progress freezes at the end of the conversion. Frustrating.

Thanks for any assistance you're able to render based on the above.

Cheers!

[LoafingOaf]

oh, and by the way, the .wav audio file plays perfectly. Weird.

[Case]

1. Preset used was DVDmpeg2enc

Ok.

(can't use ffmpegx because I need to load subs)

Not always true. Using an .srt subtitle file, both DVD mpeg2enc and DVD ffmpeg presets should be able to produce selectable subtitles on DVD.

2. AC3 file is 340kb (m2v is 2.32GB, wav is 463.6KB) When I play the AC3 in VLC it only lasts about 3 seconds, and sounds like the entire soundtrack of the film is playing at a million miles a minute

340 kb is suspiciously small. AC3 at 448 kbps (default) should be around 3.2 MB per minute. For a .wav file of 463.6 MB, I would expect 42 minutes (correct?). That should produce an .ac3 file of around 135 MB.

4. Can't post the process info log because ffmpegx progress freezes at the end of the conversion.

I can't recall that ever happening to me. It does seem to point to something faulty. Maybe there's something wrong with your system or with ffmpegX.app/Progress.app. Maybe even running low on available disk space. (200 GB seems like a lot, but it's far from impossible to fill all that.) Just guessing, tho'.

oh, and by the way, the .wav audio file plays perfectly. Weird.

Then I suppose the .wav is 463.6 MB, not 463.6 KB... Instead of starting all over, try to convert just the .wav using the Audio file to ac3 preset. Any different?

[Levina]

4. Can't post the process info log because ffmpegx progress freezes at the end of the conversion. Frustrating.

You should be able to look up the data in the console.

[Hodgerton]

I'm having the same problem, I end up with a folder that has 5 files in it.

filename.ac3 311.1mb
filename.m2v 2.51gb
filename.mpg 2.87gb
filename.mpg.s.mpg 0kb
filename.mpg.xml 4kb

I've tried both encoders on the DVD preset and get the same result, I'm using a subtitles .sub file.

Same as the OP I get the completion *ping* from ffmpegX then it just hangs, then once the app has quit my mac gives the grey screen of death and tells me I need a restart.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Levina]

The mpg.s.mpg file is empty. This is the encoded subtitle stream and it shouldn't be empty. So your .srt file may be corrupt. However, I don't know if that can/should cause the problems you describe; seems a bit much...

[Hodgerton]

OK, well I'm using the .sub file from within a .rar that came with the movie. There is however a .srt file outside of the .rar that I'll try...then get back to you.

[Hodgerton]

OK, re encoded using the .srt file instead of the .sub and now the mpg.s.mpg file is 2.1gb but I still don't have the VIDEO_TS/AUDIO_TS folder layouts.

Poking around on here I've found out how to hard encode the subtitle file into the .avi file using mencode so I may do that and just encode the resulting .mpg with toast or DVD Studio. The subs don't need to be selectable as its a non-english movie anyway.


*EDIT*

Scratch that, after it had reached 100% and said it was finished I left it open in the background whilst chatting on IRC then I heard the ping again...et oila it had created the folders I need.

So to the OP, just leave it for an extra 10 minutes or so after it says its completed and hopefully it'll sort everything out!

[Levina]

Yes, many people make the mistake of thinking that when it says 100%, it is finished, but it is only finished when it says 'finished' (and you hear the bell).
You can always click on the blue i in the Progress Window to see what's going on exactly.

[Hodgerton]

Yeees I'm now on 104% of encoding...lol

Strangely the "i" button doesn't seem to do anything for me other than give me the spinning beach ball but I'm just going to leave this one running, last time I force quit the app because it seemed to be utterly frozen but the vob files had only completed 48 minutes of the film and it was extremly jerky.

I'll just leave it running this time until it's all back to running smoothly and fingers crossed it'll work for me.

[Levina]

100+% is not unusual with ffmpegX... You may get the spinning beach ball because the Process log will no doubt be very long by now and it may take some time to open it, that's all. Being patient is the way to go. Keeping fingers crossed .

[1984]

Although symptoms differ slightly, this topic accurately describes what 's missing. Missing still, I should add, after over 24 hours since both Progress Information and Activity Monitor stopped indicating anything significant going on. Details are:

- source
.avi (mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x336; ac3, 48 kHz, 5:1, 448 kbs) of 1.35 GB, QuickTime playable
.srt of 204 KB

- target
DVD mpeg2enc preset, audio passthrough, load subs, decode with QT, letterbox
(tried DVD ffmpeg preset twice but audio went lagging behind from about 15 mins into the movie both times)

Progress says 100% instead of finished. On disk are:
.copy (audio I imagine) of 351.1 MB
.m2v of 2.68 GB
.mpg of 3.09 GB
.mpg.s.mpg of 191.5 MB
.mpg.xml of 4 KB

And that 's it, last modified Jun 29 19:45. Progress Information's ending lines read:
[...]
size= 359474kB time=6573.3 bitrate= 448.0kbits/s
video:0kB audio:359474kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 1.9.0 (2.2.7 $Date: 2006/02/01 22:23:01 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/BackUp/!Conversion/Movies/Private_Parts.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/BackUp/!Conversion/Movies/Private_Parts.copy 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/BackUp/!Conversion/Movies/Private_Parts.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 : 23.976 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 4000000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (/Volumes/BackUp/!Conversion/Movies/Private_Parts.copy)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 frame size = 1792
INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 57344 bytes/sec (448 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 4551400
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Run-in delay = 7507 Video delay = 7507 Audio delay = 11261
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 0 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 0 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 157602

Around that time all Console has to say is:
2008-06-29 19:35:33.320 Transmission[258] *** -[Torrent objectForKey:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x4bb4e10]
mach_port_mod_refs(reply_port) failed: (ipc/rcv) invalid name
vm_deallocate(stack) failed: (ipc/rcv) invalid name
2008-06-29 20:28:26.356 SoftwareUpdateCheck[9258] Checking for updates

So what can I do next?

[edit] vs 0.0.9y