Muxman problem with sound

[IllusionOfLife]

I converted this file with AVStoDVD:
Video: Xvid 720x304 25.00fps [Video]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 114Kbps [Audio]

and as output i have two files, an .m2v ( MPEG2 Video 720x576 (16:9) 25.00fps 9000Kbps) and a .ac3. The .m2v does not have sound. I tried to merge these two files with Muxman, and in the output .vob files there is not sound.

[manono]

First confirm there's no sound in the VOB by opening it in GSpot and having a look in the audio section. Next get the Muxman log in the root of the C drive and see if the audio was rejected and why.

The .m2v does not have sound.

They never do. It's a video only elementary stream. Are you sure that Avs2DVD isn't supposed to author it for you?

DVD Authoring using MuxMan/BatchMux

http://avstodvd.googlepages.com/home

If there's an Avs2DVD log, post that here. Perhaps the Avs2DVD developer will see this thread and solve your problem.

[IllusionOfLife]

First confirm there's no sound in the VOB by opening it in GSpot and having a look in the audio section. Next get the Muxman log in the root of the C drive and see if the audio was rejected and why.

The Audio section is blank.

This is the muxman log

MuxMan version 0.15R
Accepted video E:\AVStoDVD\DVD_2_***.XviD.m2v size = 8750828
Accepted audio E:\AVStoDVD\DVD_2_***.XviD.ac3

12:45:00 Begin multiplex VTS01.
Title Segment List
Segment_1
Maximum audio duration 2 fields.
Starting scene Segment_1_scn1 at 00:00:00:00
SeqEnd at 1008586E8.
Bytes remaining in buffer = 0.
Bitrate - avg: 4013406, min: 191146 (lba 2035171), max: 9128228 (lba 660734).
Shortest GOP has 4 fields, longest GOP has 30 fields.
Fields: 438494, VOBU: 14855, Sectors: 2148260.

12:56:04 Begin multiplex VMG.
12:56:04 End multiplex.

They never do. It's a video only elementary stream. Are you sure that Avs2DVD isn't supposed to author it for you?

With a previous video i converted with Avs2DVD, i had the dvd files ready. I don't know what happened now. I didn't change any settings.

Yep there is a log.

<9/9/2009 11:35:54 μμ>
START PROCESS
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<9/9/2009 11:35:54 μμ>
PROJECT SETTINGS

DVD Video Standard: PAL
DVD Titles number: 1
DVD Size: 4435/4435 MB (100%)
DVD Output Setup: DVD Folder
DVD Label: DVD
DVD Menu: No Menu
Output Folder: E:\AVStoDVD
Save Log file: Yes
Delete Temp Process Files: Yes
Delete Working Files: Yes
Edit Command Parameters: No
Post Process Task: Show Progress Status window

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<9/9/2009 11:35:54 μμ>
TITLE 1 SOURCE FILES
Video: E:\***.avi
Info: XviD - 1157 kbps - 720x304 - DAR 2,368 - 25 fps - Progressive - 2:26:09 hours - 219247 frames
Audio: E:\***.avi
Info: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 - 114 kbps - VBR - 48000Hz - 2ch - 2:26:09 hours
Subs: 
[MediaInfoLib - v0.7.19]
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<9/9/2009 11:35:54 μμ>
AVISYNTH SCRIPT
Import("C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Lib\A2DSource.avsi")

Video = A2DVideoSource("E:\***.XviD.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp")
Audio = A2DAudioSource("E:\***.XviD.avi", CacheFolder = "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp")

Video = Video.ConvertToYV12
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,50,0,50)
Video = Video.Lanczos4Resize(720,576)

Audio = Audio.EnsureVBRMP3Sync()

AudioDub(Video, Audio)
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<9/9/2009 11:35:54 μμ>
START VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Encoding Profile: HCenc VBR 2-pass
Target Video FileSize: 4103,5 MB
HCenc Parameters: -ini "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_***.XviD.HCenc.ini"
HCenc ini file:
*INFILE C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_***.XviD.avs
*AVSRELOAD
*OUTFILE E:\AVStoDVD\DVD_2_***.XviD.m2v
*LOGFILE C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_***.XviD.HCenc.log
*MAXBITRATE 9000
*BITRATE 3925
*PROFILE BEST
*ASPECT 16:9
*PROGRESSIVE
*BIAS 40
*DC_PREC 8
*MATRIX MPEG
*AQ 1
*LUMGAIN 0
*SMP
*PRIORITY IDLE
*WAIT 2
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<10/9/2009 3:41:58 πμ>
END VIDEO ENCODING OPERATIONS
A2DVideoSource: AVISource
Created File: E:\AVStoDVD\DVD_2_***.XviD.m2v (4104,3 MB)
OUTPUT VIDEO INFO: MPEG-2 Video - 3989 kbps - 720x576 - DAR 1,778 - 25 fps - Progressive - 2:26:09 hours - 219247 frames
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<10/9/2009 3:41:58 πμ>
START AUDIO ENCODING OPERATIONS
Wavi+Aften Parameters: "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\DVD_2_***.XviD.avs" - | "C:\Program Files\AVStoDVD\Aften\aften.exe" -b 192 - "E:\AVStoDVD\DVD_2_***.XviD.ac3"
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...where "***" is the file name or the directory and the file name

[manono]

There's something very wrong with the audio that was created:

Maximum audio duration 2 fields

I checked a Muxman log of a movie I had recently authored:

Maximum audio duration 451806 fields.

What happens when you play the AC3 audio? It doesn't quit immediately? You got a working nearly 2.5 hour AC3 file out of it? If that's the complete Avs2DVD log, it looks to me like it quit during the encoding of the audio, and there's no mention of the audio encoding finishing or of the muxing. I don't use the program, so perhaps someone else can provide more information.

[IllusionOfLife]

Yes it almost quits when you open it, and i expected to be something like the audio for the whole movie...

Thanks anyway

[_MrC_]

Hi IllusionOfLife,

if the log file is complete, it seems that AVStoDVD has somehow crashed. Did you get a Windows message about that?



Bye

[IllusionOfLife]

Hi _MrC_

Do you mean before or after HCenc started? Anyway, i didn't get a message before, or after.

[_MrC_]

HCenc (video -> m2v) has ended successfully, while Aften (audio -> ac3) seems to have stopped abruptly.

Could you retry, maybe using the 'Preview Clip' feature before going thru the entire encoding?

Another question: does your input video file has special chars in its name?



Bye

[IllusionOfLife]

Could you retry, maybe using the 'Preview Clip' feature before going thru the entire encoding?

Do you mean with the internal AVStoDVD player? Yes, and the sound is ok.

Another question: does your input video file has special chars in its name?

Other than "." no.

[IllusionOfLife]

Well, i tried to convert the same file again, and it all went well

[_MrC_]

Bye