EyeTV to SVCD stat() Error

[tjgallan]

I'm getting the following error:
**ERROR: could not stat() file `/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD': No such file or directory

Here's what I'm doing:
I have captured some video with my EyeTV box that I want to burn as an SVCD. It is captured as "High Quality" by EyeTV (as opposed to "Standard" quality). From the EyeTV application, I save the file as a QuickTime movie. It is saved (by the EyeTV application) with a .mov extension. In the QuickTime player application, the movie file has the following info:

Format: MPEG1 Muxed, 320x240
Movie FPS: 29.97
Data Rate: 340.3 K bytes/sec
Duration: 00:04:00.24.
Data Size: 80.0 MB

The "info" button on ffmpegX gives similar statistics:

Mpeg 1 System File [Video/Audio]
Muxrate : 2.79 Mbps
Estimated Duration: 04:00.64s
Size [352x240] 29.97 fps 2.30 Mbps
Audio : Meg 1 layer 2
224 kbps 44100 Hz
Stereo, No emphasis

I learned from another user's post in this forum that you have to change the extension of EyeTV QuickTime exports to .mpg to make ffmpegX work. Otherwise it just sits there and doesn't do anything. So I change the extension and start up ffmpegX.

I use the Open... button to select the captured file - now named MyVideo_HQ_QT.mpg. I create a new folder for the SVCD files to be generated in and use the Save As... button to navigate to the new folder and provide a name of MyVideo_SVCD. I select the SVCD (NTSC) preset, then go the "Tools" tab and uncheck the "Split in 3 chunks" box since the video is only 4 minutes long and should easily fit on one SVCD. I click the "Encode" button, and here is the transcript:

Last login: Sun Jul 27 20:34:34 on ttyp1
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[PowerMac-G4:~] gallande% pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sun Jul 27 20:34:35 MDT 2003
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler (version 1.7.0) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2002 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/MyVideo_HQ_QT.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 352x240, 29.97 fps, 2300 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, yuv4mpegpipe, to 'pipe:':
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, yuv420p, 480x480, 23.98 fps, q=2-31, 200 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
++ WARN: [mpeg2enc] 3:2 movie pulldown with frame rate set to decode rate not display rate
++ WARN: [mpeg2enc] 3:2 Setting frame rate code to display rate = 4 (29.970 fps)
++ WARN: [mpeg2enc] Generating dummy SVCD scan-data offsets to be filled in by "vcdimager"
++ WARN: [mpeg2enc] If you're not using vcdimager you may wish to turn this off using -d
frame= 6404 q=0.0 size= 2161394kB time=267.1 bitrate=66290.2kbits/s
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/MyVideo_HQ_QT.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 352x240, 29.97 fps, 2300 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, mp2, to '/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.mp2':
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
size= 6584kB time=240.8 bitrate= 224.0kbits/s
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/04/20 19:08:30 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 1 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting SVCD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 480
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 2500000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.mp2)
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [mplex] Layer : 2
INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28672 bytes/sec (224 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 44100 Hz
INFO: [mplex] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [mplex] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [mplex] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [mplex] Original/Copy : 1 original
INFO: [mplex] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 2780000
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 2788800
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 78 Video delay = 46800 Audio delay = 46800
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235520 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] STREAM c0 completed @ 9217.
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 6403
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e0 completed @ 6403.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=23999400.
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 29888 frame=006403 sector=00031121
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=009217 sector=00002937
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 8880841 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 432
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 6404
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 432
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 432 avg. size 17325 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 1708 avg. size 12046 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 4264 avg. size 10083 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 2128000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 2429600 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 167671
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO_STATISTICS: c0
INFO: [mplex] Audio stream length 6742308 bytes.
INFO: [mplex] Syncwords : 9218
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 5268 padded
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 3950 unpadded
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 745
INFO: [mplex]
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD.xml'
++ 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:
**ERROR: could not stat() file `/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/SVCD_Try2/MyVideo_SVCD': No such file or directory
[PowerMac-G4:~] gallande%

Any suggestions are appreciated. I am using ffmpegX v0.0.7d on a Dual 1.25 GHz MDD PowerMac G4 with 768 MB RAM.

Thanks,
Ty

[UnknownOne]

Hi,

I tried encoding the HQ eyetv mpg to svcd and it looks bad. you know that EyeTV in mpeg 1 format and making it svcd just isn't worth it. Use it to make mpeg1 vcd it much beeter and you can encode at slightly faster than realtime and you get better quality video.

[tjgallan]

Thanks for the info. Only problem is that my DVD player won't play the HQ VCDs produced by EyeTV and Toast. The video and audio "stutters". I know it will play SVCDs correctly. I'd still like to try the SVCD route and see the quality for myself - and to learn how to use the ffmpegX tool correctly. Hopefully someone can tell me how to correct the error I'm getting.

[UnknownOne]

hi tjgallan,

The reason why the hq vcd doesn't work on your dvd player is because it isn't VCd 2.0 Complaniant. You need to save the file as vcd in eyetv but don't burn it yet.
Then using ffmpeg, set presetting to VCd NTSC, then add the mpeg file that eyeTV made into the program and set the output name to whatever.

Meaning you still need to encode the eyetv hq-vcd file so it works on normal dvd players.

I hope this helps.

[tjgallan]

No luck with the VCD Encoding using ffmpegX. I took the .mpg file that EyeTV generates, and used the VCD (NTSC) preset on ffmpegX. I uncheck the "Split into 2 chunks" box because again, the clip is only 4 minutes long. I click "Encode" and I get three files when it's done: .m1v, .mp2, .mpg. The ffmpegX instructions say I'm supposed to get a .bin and .cue file, but they're nowhere to be found. Here's the transcript:

Last login: Sat Aug 2 22:30:50 on ttyp1
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[PowerMac-G4:~] gallande% pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sat Aug 2 22:30:51 MDT 2003
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler (version 1.7.0) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2002 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/gallande/Desktop/HQVCD_EyeTV.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 352x240, 29.97 fps, 2300 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, yuv4mpegpipe, to 'pipe:':
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, yuv420p, 352x240, 29.97 fps, q=2-31, 200 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 7214 q=0.0 size= 892782kB time=240.7 bitrate=30384.1kbits/s
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/gallande/Desktop/HQVCD_EyeTV.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 352x240, 29.97 fps, 2300 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, mp2, to '/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/HQVCD_Try4/HQVCD_Try4_EyeTV_ffmpegX.mp2':
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
size= 6584kB time=240.8 bitrate= 224.0kbits/s
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/04/20 19:08:30 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/HQVCD_Try4/HQVCD_Try4_EyeTV_ffmpegX.m1v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/HQVCD_Try4/HQVCD_Try4_EyeTV_ffmpegX.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 1 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting VCD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/HQVCD_Try4/HQVCD_Try4_EyeTV_ffmpegX.m1v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 352
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 240
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 1:1 (square pixels)
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 1152000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 40960 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 1
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (/Volumes/Hollywood2/SVCD_Projects/MyVideo/HQVCD_Try4/HQVCD_Try4_EyeTV_ffmpegX.mp2)
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [mplex] Layer : 2
INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28672 bytes/sec (224 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 44100 Hz
INFO: [mplex] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [mplex] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [mplex] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [mplex] Original/Copy : 1 original
INFO: [mplex] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 1412000
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 1411200
++ WARN: [mplex] Target data rate lower than computed requirement!
++ WARN: [mplex] N.b. a 20% or so discrepancy in variable bit-rate
++ WARN: [mplex] streams is common and harmless provided no time-outs will occur
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 18 Video delay = 21600 Audio delay = 21600
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 47104 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Padding : sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 7213
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e0 completed @ 7213.
INFO: [mplex] STREAM c0 completed @ 9217.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=21723600.
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 47104 frame=007213 sector=00014896
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 1902 frame=009217 sector=00002959
INFO: [mplex] Padding : sector=00000216
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 4286367 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 500
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 7214
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 500
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 500 avg. size 8572 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 1906 avg. size 5200 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 4808 avg. size 4179 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 1139600 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 1165600 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 16 Buf max 18458
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO_STATISTICS: c0
INFO: [mplex] Audio stream length 6742308 bytes.
INFO: [mplex] Syncwords : 9218
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 5268 padded
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 3950 unpadded
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 746
INFO: [mplex]
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
Encoding completed on Sat Aug 2 22:33:51 MDT 2003

[UnknownOne]

Hi,

That mpg generated by ffmpegx is what you place in toast to burn. It will be vcd complaint. Burn as vcd. It will work