ffmpegX 0.0.3 released

[major]

ffmpegX 0.0.3 alpha is now available.

I would appreciate your feedback & bug reports, I'm also looking for mirrors and GUI translators.

New features :

- tested under OSX.2 Jaguar. If you use it under OSX.1 and get the error "NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError" when opening a file then you must install this update.

- added Mpeg-1 post-processing option "Split in N chunks". It will split the encoded file into 2, 3 or 4 chunks for burning to multiple CDs (if post processing to XSVCD or XVCD is activated, multiple sets of .bin/.cue or .img files will be equally authored). How many chunks/CDs are needed depends upon the source duration and the video and audio bitrate used for encoding. By using the recommended video bitrate of 2000 and audio bitrate of 128 (XSVCD preset), about 50 minutes of video can be packed in one 80 min CD (so 100 minutes in two CDs, 150 minutes in three CDs), or 45 minutes in a 74 min CD (so 90 min in two CDs, 135 min in three CDs). If you use different settings, use the built-in bitrate calculator: enter your movie duration in minutes, enter how many CDs you want the movie to fit in, specify if it is 74 min or 80 min media, and click "Calculate" to find which video bitrate you should use. Please note if you modify quantizers to force VBR, the calculator will not be reliable. Thanks to Philipp Biermann for coding a modified version of mpegsplit/mpgtx handling correctly muxed streams headers & applying a timecode fix.

- When encoding opendivx sources to mpeg1, the resulting stream may show an incorrect duration in Quicktime Player (i.e. 6x the real duration), or begin with blank frames and not play on a DVD player. To try to fix these problems you should use the postprocessing option to "Split in N chunks" which will split, but also fix the stream. If you don't want to split there is a "Split in 1 chunks" option which will still apply the fix.

- added "Quick Presets" drop-down fo 'one-click' encoding. Set input and output file, choose a Quick preset & hit Encode. Current choices are VOB to DivX, VOB or DivX to VCD (including autosplitting on 2 CDs and authoring of .bin Toast-ready files), and VOB or DivX into high quality XSVCD (2Mbps MPG1 streams) including autosplit on 3 CDs and authoring of 01.img/02.img files to be burned using Toast in XA multitrack mode. You should still check the audio sampling rate and video framerate of your source material and use the same values for encoding, in order to minimize audio sync problems.

- added Mpeg-1 post-processing option "Create XSVCD" to author the encoded mpeg-1 file as XSVCD (SVCD 1.0 filesystem but with a mpeg-1 stream instead of mpeg-2, it will work on many DVD players supporting SVCD). The output will be movie.mpg_01.img & movie.mpg_02.img (in multiple sets if split activated). Burn by dropping both files in the XA multi-track window of Toast.

- added Mpeg-1 post-processing option "Create XVCD". It will author the encoded mpg file as XVCD (VCD 2.0 filesystem). The output will be movie.bin / movie.cue (in multiple sets if split activates). Burn either by opening movie.cue on cdrdao, or by dropping movie.bin only on the VIDEO CD option window of Toast.

- added an additional video bitrate calculator using "bits per pixels", gknot-style formula (thanks PowerMacG4 for reverse engineering it). Enter your image size and framerate and click Calculate. It will calculate the optimal video bitrate for best image quality. Values are accurate for Divx 3 and MPG-1 encoding.

- added "Add audio" button in the Audio settings to add a separate audio file so it is now possible to encode DivX or MPG from two separate video and audio inputs, like .asf and .wav, or .m2v and .m2a.

- added 'Invert mapping' checkbox in Audio settings tab to deal with input files with inverted audio & video, i.e. the video being mapped as 1 instead of 0 and the audio as 0 instead of N. You can see if it is the case by looking at the Terminal window mapping output after getting an error (you are trying to encode video into audio & audio into video). In that case, simply check this box to invert the mapping and hit Encode again.

- Input and output files fields are now also editable so you can change a filename quicker or copy and paste the input field to the output field and add just the .avi or .mpg extension.

- fixed a parameter bug which prevented 0.0.2 to encode audio only from multiplexed sources. You can now launch a blazing-fast VOB -> MP2 encode by disabling the "Encode video" checkbox.

- set audio sampling rate default to 48Khz (this value should always be used with VOB sources to minimize audio sync problems, Divx sources may be either 48 or 44.1 Khz).

- Use Apple-Shift-. on terminal window to abort encoding.

- Added autosize settings for VCD and SVCD PAL & NTSC standard sizes.

- Default GOP size is set to 12 for MPEG1 encoding and 240 for DivX encoding.

- Packed vcdxgen and vcdxbuild for authoring to VCD/SVCD.

- Aquafied icon by Justin Woods.

[squeed]

We are not worthy, We are not worthy.

Thanks Major, you're the man!

-S

[squeed]

Major, I am curious why you went with the SVCD 1.0 filesystem with a mpeg-1 stream instead of mpeg-2 ? Is this a better quality SVCD vs the MPEG-2 ?

Are you considering a VOB --> SVCD (MPEG-2) in future versions ?


-S

[major]

Major, I am curious why you went with the SVCD 1.0 filesystem with a mpeg-1 stream instead of mpeg-2 ?

As you know, the ffmpeg engine doesn't support mpeg-2 encoding right now, so the point was to get the best result with mpeg-1, even if non-standard.

Most SVCD-compatible players will accept a mpeg-1 stream in a SVCD filesystem, with the advantage of supporting it as per SVCD specs (480x480 image size @ 2Mbps bitrate and an extended range of possible audio bitrates). Authoring the same stream as XVCD may not work on the same players.

I tested everything and this seemed the best-looking solution. Btw, mpeg-2 is better, but in theory not much better at same bitrate and image size, and at these bitrates it is the quality of the encoder itself which is a far more important factor than the choice of mpeg-1 vs mpeg-2.

Are you considering a VOB --> SVCD (MPEG-2) in future versions ?

Yes.

[squeed]

Major,

My first try at 0.0.3 has yielded much better results than anything I have tried to date. The only problems that I have are :

1) The video is choppy, and hesitant. Quality is good but it doesn't flow
2) The audio is out of sync.
3) I keep getting Warnings in the Terminal
4) I keep getting "No accelerated IMDCT transform found" in the terminal

Attached is the terminal window. I think I should have used 44100 instead of 48000 and I am testing that now but as a full test takes 12 hours minimum I would like your feedback.

Also, what setting do you use if your DVD is 1.85:1 that isn't in the dropdown selections ?

No accelerated IMDCT transform found
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/TITLE01-AN1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9801 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Stream #0.2: Audio: ac3, 32000 Hz, mono, 576 kb/s
Stream #0.3: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '/Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 480x480, 29.97 fps, q=1-10, 2000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=135581 q= 1 size= 1204722kB time=4523.9 bitrate=2181.5kbits/s
bench: utime=21979.480s
Now processing /Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT [1/2] ... 100.00%
Now processing /Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT [2/2] ... 100.00%
-------Done--------
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT.1.xml'
--DEBUG: EEL sysid=[http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd] pubid=[-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN]
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
--DEBUG: changed volume number to 1
--DEBUG: changed volume count to 1
--DEBUG: changed restriction number to 0
--DEBUG: changing 'next volume use sequence 2' to 0
--DEBUG: changing 'next volume use lid 2' to 0
--DEBUG: changed volume label to `VIDEOCD'
--DEBUG: sequence count 1
--DEBUG: adding sequence #0, /Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT-1.mpg
--DEBUG: playing time 2824.383711
INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints...
--DEBUG: already scanned... not rescanning
++ WARN: this VCD type should not contain MPEG1 streams
++ WARN: audio stream #0 has sampling frequency 48000 Hz (should be 44100 Hz)
--DEBUG: pbc: psd size 0 (extended psd 0)
--DEBUG: iso9660: highest alloced sector is 233 (using 300 as isosize)
--DEBUG: OGT streams available: 0 0 0 0
INFO: writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC 2/3 D-1 (480x480/30fps), audio[0]: l2/48.0kHz/128kbps/stereo ...
--DEBUG: MPEG packet statistics: 246227 video, 19187 audio, 0 zero, 0 ogt, 0 unknown
--DEBUG: writting post-gap ('leadout pregap')...
INFO: finished ok, image created with 266014 sectors [59:06.64]
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT.2.xml'
--DEBUG: EEL sysid=[http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd] pubid=[-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN]
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
--DEBUG: changed volume number to 1
--DEBUG: changed volume count to 1
--DEBUG: changed restriction number to 0
--DEBUG: changing 'next volume use sequence 2' to 0
--DEBUG: changing 'next volume use lid 2' to 0
--DEBUG: changed volume label to `VIDEOCD'
--DEBUG: sequence count 1
--DEBUG: adding sequence #0, /Volumes/Secondary/1/1. OSEx Files/ROAD_TRIP/RT-2.mpg
++ WARN: mpeg stream will be padded on the fly -- hope that's ok for you!
++ WARN: packet length beyond buffer (pos = 18 + size = 4630 > buflen = 2324) -- stream may be truncated or packet length > 2324 bytes!
++ WARN: bad packet at packet #265411 (stream byte offset 616813453) -- remaining 4648 bytes of stream will be ignored
--DEBUG: playing time 4458.187067
++ WARN: autopadding requires to insert additional 1711 zero bytes into MPEG stream (due to 1 unaligned packets of 265411 total)
INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints...
--DEBUG: already scanned... not rescanning
++ WARN: this VCD type should not contain MPEG1 streams
++ WARN: audio stream #0 has sampling frequency 48000 Hz (should be 44100 Hz)
--DEBUG: pbc: psd size 0 (extended psd 0)
--DEBUG: iso9660: highest alloced sector is 238 (using 300 as isosize)
--DEBUG: OGT streams available: 0 0 0 0
INFO: writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC 2/3 D-1 (480x480/30fps), audio[0]: l2/48.0kHz/128kbps/stereo ...
--DEBUG: MPEG packet statistics: 246257 video, 19154 audio, 0 zero, 0 ogt, 0 unknown
--DEBUG: writting post-gap ('leadout pregap')...
INFO: finished ok, image created with 266011 sectors [59:06.61]

[major]

1) The video is choppy, and hesitant. Quality is good but it doesn't flow

Are you playing back on a DVD player? Some brands will handle high bitrate MPG1 not as good as MPG2. I found that some players play choppy, but if you just pause or fast forward a bit, they start playing fine.

2) The audio is out of sync.

The audio sync is normally fixed when using same audio sampling rate and same framerate as source. It is known that in few cases this will still not work. If audio is in sync in QT player but not on DVD player try to use "Split in 1 chunks".

3) I keep getting Warnings in the Terminal

These warnings are normal, as we're authoring a non standard SVCD. Non-alpha versions will have less verbose output.

4) I keep getting "No accelerated IMDCT transform found" in the terminal

This message is normal and it is sent by the liba52 library used to decode AC3.

Attached is the terminal window. I think I should have used 44100 instead of 48000 and I am testing that now but as a full test takes 12 hours minimum I would like your feedback.

You can check if the output is good by opening it with quicktime player or VLC, even if the encode is still going on.

Also, what setting do you use if your DVD is 1.85:1 that isn't in the dropdown selections ?

As crop & black bars are not supported right now, you should always use SVCD size if your player handles it. Then use the 16:9 button in your TV to add black bars.

[squeed]

How do you figure out the audio rate and frame rate of the source ?

-S

[major]

How do you figure out the audio rate and frame rate of the source ?

It is written on the Terminal window output :

Input #0, mpeg, from 'TITLE01-AN1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9801 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

[SCB]

Major, thanks for the great program. The SVCD that I made of a movie looks awesome. But, I am having some problems. After about the 40 minute mark on the movie, the audio goes dead and the video is really choppy or doesn't play at all. It plays this way both on my computer and stand alone DVD player. Although, I had this same problem with the previous version of ffmpegX so it might just be the VOB itself. Also, after the SVCD was finished encoding I got an error. When it tried to split the file, I just ended up with two empty .mpg's and no .img to burn in toast. Here's the terminal window output:

Welcome to Darwin!
pbpaste | sh
[localhost:~] jacobs% pbpaste | sh
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
No accelerated IMDCT transform found

Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 29.97->23.98
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Volumes/Video/TITLE01-AN1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9800 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Stream #0.2: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 480x480, 23.98 fps, q=1-10, 2000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=152563 q= 1 size= 1666265kB time=6257.7 bitrate=2181.3kbits/s
bench: utime=29943.290s
Now processing /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg [1/2] ... 100.00%
Now processing /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg [2/2] ... 100.00%
-------Done--------
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.1.xml'
/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.1.xml:1: error: Document is empty

^
/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.1.xml:1: error: Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
**ERROR: parsing file `/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.1.xml' failed
rm: /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg-1_02_pregap.img: No such file or directory
rm: /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg-1.toc: No such file or directory
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.2.xml'
/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.2.xml:1: error: Document is empty

^
/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.2.xml:1: error: Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
**ERROR: parsing file `/Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg.2.xml' failed
rm: /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg-2_02_pregap.img: No such file or directory
rm: /Volumes/Video/xsvcd.mpg-2.toc: No such file or directory
[localhost:~] jacobs%

[major]

Major, thanks for the great program. The SVCD that I made of a movie looks awesome.

8)

After about the 40 minute mark on the movie, the audio goes dead and the video is really choppy or doesn't play at all.

Check the MPGs generated by the splitter. They could play better. Otherwise it could be a problem in the source. Is the sound in sync?

Also, after the SVCD was finished encoding I got an error. When it tried to split the file, I just ended up with two empty .mpg's and no .img to burn in toast.

Have you got enough disk space? You need about 4,5GB free.

[SCB]

I'm so dumb. Guess I wasn't paying attention to my drive space. Now that I've got that problem out of the way, how can I get ffmpeg to split the file? Or do I have to start all over again?

[major]

Or do I have to start all over again?

You can split without starting over by using the following app by Philipp Biermann: http://www.biermann.org/philipp/mpegcut/

ffmpegX right now doesn't support post-processing only without encoding first. It would be indeed interesting to add this feature.

[SCB]

OK, thanks for the info. Another problem I'm having is when I manualy input the FPS. Here is the error that I get:

Welcome to Darwin!
pbpaste | sh
[localhost:~] jacobs% pbpaste | sh
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 29.97->24.47
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Volumes/Video/TEST/TITLE01-AN1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 7500 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '(24.47)':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 480x480, 0.00 fps, q=3-15, 2000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
Output #1, mpeg, to '/Volumes/Video/TEST/oe.mpg':
Stream #1.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 480x480, 0.00 fps, q=1-10, 2000 kb/s
Stream #1.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Number of stream maps must match number of output streams

[major]

Launch again that encode which gives an error. Then do a paste (only paste, not copy and paste) and post it here so as I can check your parameters.

[SCB]

The FPS problem was my fault. I was entering in the numbers wrong. In that respect, everything is working fine now. The one thing I can't figure out is why the audio has been out of sync in pretty much every video I've encoded. Even when I use the presets, my audio is out of sync.

[major]

Is the offsync constant throughout the movie, or increasing from start to end? How much is it off sync and is it the same amount on Quicktime player and DVD player?

[carmine]

hey major. i have tried to test out ffmpegx with a dvd. i ripped one of the chapters, and set the settings to: 50 min XSVCD, video bite rate: 2000 kbps, 480x480, high quality, and create XSVCD and checked "split into 1 chunks" then i dragged the two images files into "Multitrack CD-ROM XA" in toast, and burnt the image. it was about 177 megs. when i play it in my pioneer 525, the quality is crap and the audio is all messed up. i used about 5 cd-r's with different combinations to try and get it to work. the video isnt even 16:9. i ripped the .vob's with OSEx 0.0110a1. am i doing something wrong? thanks!

evan

[major]

and checked "split into 1 chunks"

If you don't check it is the result better?
Does the .mpg file play OK in quicktime player? (don't burn if not)
BTW I tested on a Pioneer 535 and it handles well this XSVCD format.

the video isnt even 16:9

The current version can't add black bars and set ratio. You must use the 16:9 button in your TV or DVD player.

with OSEx 0.0110a1

Post your settings. Also, after launching the encode do a paste (not copy and paste, just paste) and post it here. Then do also a copy and paste of the terminal window.

[squeed]

Major,

In your response below

Input #0, mpeg, from 'TITLE01-AN1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9801 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

Do you have to match the "kb/s" also when setting up the audio ?

Also does it matter if the original audio is AC3 and you are decoding to MP2 ?

-S

[carmine]

major, here is my terminal. the exported .mpg plays horribly in quicktime. created xsvcd images. im going to test a xvcd now. my settings are: 2000 kbits, 480x480, resolution 4:3, audio stereo, track 1, and of course, create XSVCD image. i didnt check "split into chunks"

any ideas??

/Applications/\ Multimedia:Ripping\ Apps/Video\ /ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -i /Users/burns/Desktop/TITLE01-ANGLE1.VOB -y -f mpeg -vcodec mpeg1video -map 0.0:0.0 -b 2000 -s 480x480 -r 29.97 -g 12 -me epzs -qmin 1 -qmax 10 -vcd -acodec mp2 -ab 128 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0.1:0.1 -benchmark /Users/burns/Desktop/xsvcd\ xa

[major]

Do you have to match the "kb/s" also when setting up the audio ? does it matter if the original audio is AC3 and you are decoding to MP2 ?

No, these doesn't matter for audio sync issues.

[major]

/Users/burns/Desktop/xsvcd\ xa

i don't see any problems there, apart you should name your output file with an extension .mpg (eg xsvcd xa.mpg and not just xsvcd xa). However this is not the cause of the playability issue. Are you using Quicktime 6?

do a paste (not copy and paste, just paste) and post it here. Then do also a copy and paste of the terminal window.

You posted the paste only, please post also the copy and paste of your terminal output as it provides further information about your encode.

[carmine]

major, im usiing quicktime 6. i rename the file and it sitll plays like crap. i will even stop playing after a few seconds. sound is off, and when i play the outputs in my pioneer, the video is off center and full screen even though my player is set to play 16:9 and 4:3. let me know what you think.

Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 29.97->23.98
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/burns/Desktop/TITLE01-ANGLE1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9800 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '/Users/burns/Desktop/xsvcd xa':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 480x480, 29.97 fps, q=1-10, 2000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=20205 q= 2 size= 179570kB time=842.7 bitrate=1745.6kbits/s
bench: utime=1303.060s

[carmine]

alright some weirdness is going on. i tried to encode a dvd trailer, and the .vob plays fine in quicktime (no audio of course) but the file plays poorly in vlc. when i tried to encode in ffmpegx the video is squarish (i know it is 480x480) and the video and audio play horribly. i tried playing it in qt 6 with no extensions in the library folder, to no avail. i still could not get it to play smoothly. im getting a little desparate....thanks major.

Welcome to Darwin!
pbpaste | sh
[localhost:~] burns% pbpaste | sh
No accelerated IMDCT transform found

Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 29.97->24.97
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/TITLE21-ANGLE1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9351 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '/Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/xsvcd.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 480x480, 29.97 fps, q=1-10, 2000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 4089 q= 1 size= 35530kB time=163.7 bitrate=1777.7kbits/s
bench: utime=285.100s

[major]

i tried to encode a trailer

ok, continue testing with that trailer so as it will be quicker to get results

try to check the split option and choose 1 chunk. You will get a movie.mpg.mpg file. Does it play better than movie.mpg?

Try also the VCD settings. Does they give better playability?

Your other options seems normal so I'm not sure why you get this problem.

[AntnyMD]

I'd actually like to report success using 0.0.3. Although I haven't burned any CD's yet, I've encoded three episodes of television from DVD into XVCDs using ffmpegX, and the video is clear, audio is in sync, and the program is encoding much faster than before (a 50 minutes episode finished encoding in 70 minutes).

Since I haven't burned any CDs of these MPEGs yet, I'll wait til tomorrow to report any problems with that. I must say, though, this program is brilliant -- and I think the presets have helped solve the sync issues I was experiencing on previous versions.

[major]

I'd actually like to report success

Hey, nice to hear that!

[carmine]

im sitll having problems. i tried encoding a trailer again as a vcd (used the quick preset) and the video still is horrible. out of sync, audio pops, video does not play smoothly at all. i have tried everything i can think of. please help!

Welcome to Darwin!
pbpaste | sh
[localhost:~] burns% pbpaste | sh
No accelerated IMDCT transform found

Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 29.97->24.97
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/TITLE21-ANGLE1.VOB':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=0-0, 9351 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to '/Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/xvcd.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 352x240, 29.97 fps, q=1-10, 1150 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 4089 q= 1 size= 23331kB time=163.7 bitrate=1167.4kbits/s
bench: utime=136.440s
Now processing /Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/xvcd.mpg [1/2] ... 100.00%
Now processing /Users/burns/Desktop/BONUS/xvcd.mpg [2/2] ... 100.00%
-------Done--------

[major]

i tried encoding a trailer again-

send me your trailer (not by email, but try to host it somewhere like a FTP site) and I will check if it encodes well this side

[carmine]

sorry. im on a dialup. i tried to encode in 0.0.2 and the same thing happend. is it osex?

thanks.....