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    I put this one 14.6GB (122 minute) file into SVCD2DVD and hit autofit, but the mpg file came out tiny (683 MB), and of course was horribly blocky.

    One new thing is: I've installed a dual layer burner, but only have single layer disks (the dashed vertical red line appears after 8GB). I would think when I put an empty single layer in there, the line would be at just over 4GB, but it didn't.

    I downloaded the matrixes from the sticky thread, but am not sure how to proceed. Are these matrixes a way to operate without using DVD Shrink?

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  2. I haven't done any HDTV conversions, so I'm just taking a stab in the dark here, but from your log I noticed a couple of things:

    Num_Frames=-2147483648
    DurationInSecs=-2147483648
    Duration=-577014:-32:-22.-7
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    16:50:01: Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps: Video: mpeg2video (hq), yuv420p, 352x480, q=1-31
    It looks to me like your source is being misread for frames/duration because those numbers look way too big for a 2 hour video.
    You are also being converted to half D1 (352x480) which I don't think should happen on a 2 hour source.
    The matrixes only affect quality of result dependant on source and final bitrate, they are not a substitute for Shrink
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    Yeah it looks as though you will have to fix the source first:

    File Size: 13.9 GB
    file=G:\TV\D36-1(22)-1224-2000-It's a Wonderful Life.0000.ts
    FormatName=mpegts
    Num_Frames=-2147483648
    DurationInSecs=-2147483648
    Duration=-577014:-32:-22.-7
    VideoCodec=mpeg2video
    Width=1920
    Height=1080
    Standard=NTSC
    BitRate=0
    AudioStreamCount=1
    Audio1SampleRate=48000
    Audio1Codec=ac3
    Audio1BitRate=384
    Audio2SampleRate=-1
    Audio2Codec=NULL
    Audio2BitRate=-1
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    Use VideoReDo's Quick Stream fix:

    https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1390719#1390719

    See https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1391460#1391460 also.
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    Originally Posted by ChrissyBoy
    Yeah it looks as though you will have to fix the source first....Use VideoReDo's Quick Stream fix: https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1390719#1390719 See https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1391460#1391460 also.
    Thanks for the ideas. I executed on it, but it served only to introduce a new issue. Bottom line is I have found a bullet in the middle of the transport stream, and have emailed it to you.

    You recommended videoredo quick stream fix, so here's what happened with that: It introduced audio synch issues. The tranport stream's audio synch was fine BEFORE quick stream fix, and after it's okay at the start of the file, but by the middle, it was off by a lot (multiple seconds). I determined this using my hardware-based ts player (MyHD). The qsf file imports into SVCD2DVD as 2:09 rather than the whack-o negative duration, but since the audio is off, it's useless.

    A bit of background that I left-out earlier was that I edited-out the commercials using HDTV2MPEG2. I'm sure it does it's editing on frame boundaries, but I doubt it's paying attention to separate audio and video PTS.

    I split the file with HDTV2MPEG2 into quarters (about 3.7 GB). The first quarter imported with the negative duration. The rest imported with a "good" duration.

    So I went in search of the bullet: I set HTDV2MPEG2 to max output size of 5MB. The files were showing-up with a duration of about 2.8 seconds, but one segment came-in with the whack-o -577014 hours (that's the segment I'm emailing). A few more came in with around a 4 hour duration, but at least they were positive.

    Next step, I combined all segments except for the three with bad durations back into a single file using copy *.ts /b new.ts and guess what I got: a duration of -577014 hours again. Crap.

    So I tried a copy of all of the segments before the bad spot into a single ts file. That loaded with a good duration! And the remaining segments loaded to a separate file with a good duration. I dragged the two parts of the first quarter, plus the last 3 quarters to svcd2dvd and I'm running the build now. I'll let you know how it goes.

    I'm hoping, though, that there's some clue in the 5MB segment I extracted that will precipitate a program change; I'd hate to see a network be able to send a bullet to blow the app anytime it wants to (if that's what it is).

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    Ok. I'll wait for the email (haven't got it yet)
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    Originally Posted by ChrissyBoy
    Ok. I'll wait for the email (haven't got it yet)
    Hmm, That's strange. I sent it to the email address in your profile. It said it sent it okay. I'll send it again with a shorter name, then send an email without an attachment.

    By the way, this DVD's audio is great:

    The movie is missing three 3 second segments, but it's good enough for me.

    I suspect that maybe the clock is rolling-over or something right there in file number 686.

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    The desynch is probably from cutting the Transport Stream on a commercial. You wouldn't happen to have to original anymore ?

    https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=268391
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  8. To avoid this problem in the future, change the setting in MyHD to something much greater than 5Gb! I believe mine is set at 50Gb, and the longest broadcast movie I've ever recorded (3 hours) took 27Gb so results in a single file.
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    Originally Posted by maxblack
    longest broadcast movie I've ever recorded (3 hours) took 27Gb so results in a single file.
    FYI thats because a transport stream is 9gb an hour - hence 9gb times 3 hours equals 27gb.
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    Originally Posted by Soopafresh
    The desynch is probably from cutting the Transport Stream on a commercial. You wouldn't happen to have to original anymore ? https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=268391
    I'm afraid not, no, I deleted everything once I got a DVD I could live with. I did save the bad segment, though, and just watched it. It appears to start in the movie, but end just as it's going to a commercial (fade to black), so your theory is substantiated.

    I looked momentarily at the referenced thread. It looks interesting, and I will peruse it closely. Thanks.

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    Originally Posted by MaxBlack
    To avoid this problem in the future, change the setting in MyHD to something much greater than 5Gb! I believe mine is set at 50Gb, and the longest broadcast movie I've ever recorded (3 hours) took 27Gb so results in a single file.
    Sorry if it wasn't clear. I started out with a 14GB file (MyHD max size is set to 99999 or something... I always get one show per file, just like you do).

    Since the file didn't cooperate with SVCD2DVD, I put it on the chopping block using HDTV2MPEG2. First I chopped the big file into quarters and found the first quarter to have the duration issue. Then I took that first quarter and chopped it up into tiny (5Mb) parts so that I could find the bad spot and send it to Chrissy.

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    Just in case it wasn't clear from the thread, the problem was that a little bit of a commercial with the non 5.1 sound will cause the negative duration to jump in there.

    ChrissyBoy, I sent you a file with the example in there. I'm not sure if it's an easy fix or even if it's worth trying to fix, but you have an example of negative duration if you choose to.

    The logical and easy work-around is that you just make separate files as you chop out commercials, then load all of the segments into the assets of SVCD2DVD. Any segments that act-up can just be trimmed a bit at the ends.

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    sengsational: I was/am still analysing the sample you sent.... However I concur with your findings and so your workaround:

    Interestingly (for me) I also have another issue from a user with multicasts in HDTV broadcasts...

    As I don't have any HDTV broadcasts to test here in the UK, I can only go by what samples I see on the internet. Such samples are edited and "single cast" in most cases...

    So, unfortunately my recommendation is to edit as per your workaround for the meantime.

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