avi to vcd

[Marsupial]

i can't convert this avi to vcd

Encoding started on Wed Sep 13 15:40:06 ART 2006
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING AltiVec for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING AltiVec for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING AltiVec for PREDICTION!
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler 1.9.0 (15-02-2004) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2004 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>, yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
movtoy4m
ERROR: Could not open movie: /Users/CYN/Movies/XuxaSoParaBaixinhos2.avi
**ERROR: [yuvscaler] Could'nt read YUV4MPEG header!
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!

can anybody help me!!!

[Case]

What are the AVI specs? What does the ffmpegX Summary source format tell about the clip? Does the Play button give good playback?
Which decoder did you use in ffmpegX's Options tab? If set to Decode with QT, you may try Decode with mplayer, or even de-selecting both to decode with ffmpeg.

[Marsupial]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY OPTION TAB??? I'M PRINCIPIANT IN THIS PROGRAM QHEN I PUT THE MOVIE THATS APPEAR. SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH BUT IM FROM ARGENTAIN

[Marsupial]

AND THIS APPEAR WHEN I PUT THE AVI TO THE FFMPEG

[Case]

VIDEO: MPEG2 480x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 2500.0 kbps (312.5 kbyte/s)

It appears that you have SVCD content here.
Try changing the filename extension to ".mpg" to see if ffmpegX reads the file better then.

I don't understand when you say option tab?

Tabbed document interface: In the area of graphical user interfaces, a tabbed document interface is one that allows multiple panes of information to be contained within a single master window, using tabs to navigate between them.

Here is a picture of the Options tab in ffmpegX that I was talking about.

[Marsupial]

you say that this avi is a svcd??? and i can play it in standart dvd??? i can't probe it, if functionaly in home dvd. i'll probe tomorrow

[jpschuck]

you say that this avi is a svcd??? and i can play it in standart dvd??? i can't probe it, if functionaly in home dvd. i'll probe tomorrow

Allt the characteristics (codec, resolution...) of this file indicates that it should be an MPEG2 file from a SVCD (and most of home DVD players can play VCD and SVCD). The file may be badly named (specially if it's coming from the windows world). Try changing the file extension to .mpg or .dat, then try creating a SVCD with this file under the "Tools" > "Create" tab of ffmpegX. Finally, burn the .img file.

If this doesn't give any result, try extracting the video and the audio track with ffmpegX by doing two separate passthrough track copies. Then you should try do a SVCD-remux on the two separate tracks ("tools">"mux"). Finally, create the SVCD .img file and burn it.

[Marsupial]

i cant burn it the toast don't recognized this format as a movie??? i change the extention to mpg but i can't burn too