Maybee I am not clever

[mcjoeb]

I tried ffm like writen in this nice manul but allways getting this message at the end


Encoding started on Mon Dec 8 15:18:15 CET 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
usage: movtoy4m -w width -h height -F a:b -a a:b [-s] [-f] [-o ppm/y4m] movie.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 288 -F 25:1 -a 4:3 pal_normal.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 240 -F 30000:1001 -a 16:9 ntsc_wide.mov
**ERROR: [yuvscaler] Could'nt read YUV4MPEG header!
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!


I tried diverent dvd sources and settings

thx for help

[major]

Try to open your input file in Quicktime Player. Does it open?

Try to open your input file in Quicktime Player. Does it open?

no it doesnot

may bee I do mistages when I use the extractor???
is there any small VOB file working i can try on my settings??
thx

[major]

This is because Quicktime does not decode mpeg-2 natively. You need to install the Apple QT mpeg-2 player component. You can also try "Decode with mplayer" option which will bypass Quicktime.

[mcjoeb]

when using mpeg the movie looks like being converted but end up with the error message to many droped frames after several hours of converting

I am still lost

[major]

This seem a totally different issue from the one originating this thread. Please post details and process output.

[diskoduck]

Exacty the same issue with me here on a powerbook 500 with 10.3 (