I'm having an impossible time getting DVDitPE to build with the Mpeg file I have. I keep getting the "Each GOP Header must be preceded by a sequence header error". Here are the particulars:

Video was captured from a VCR through a Sony DV-TRV50 camcorder with Premier 6 using a firewire connection. Video was edited in Premier 6 and exported as seperate MS AVI video file and standard PCM 48khz wave file.

I then followed the guidelines on "http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0165394101/TMPGEnc_Template.html" to compress the Avi video. I am using an NTSC file, so I made the appropriate adjustments as required.

I have tried both Upper field and Lower field first, same error. If I just import the avi and wav files in DVD-itPE, it goes through Sonic's own compression process just fine. So it doesn't look to be the fault of the avi file.

Any help is appreciated as it will keep me from becoming a bald man at an early age

I did adjust some settings on the "VFAPI plug-in" tab of the Environmental Settings section. AVI VFW compatibility Reader is at Priority 1 and everything else is at Priority 0. I'm now wondering if this is the problem. I was told by another "guru" that this was what was required for TMPGEnc to read MS AVI files outputed from Adobe Premier 6. Is this where I've been directed wrong? Other than that, I've followed Rui's guide to the letter (except in NTSC).

I'm at my wits end on this one. I'm new to all of this, so I assume I'm missing something really simple. I wanted to use TMPGEnc cause it allowed me some more fine tuning options with the compressed file size and quality.