DVDStyler hangs w/ multi-titlesets

[louv68]

I have been using this software for a couple of weeks now with good success in creating simple menus. It is fairly easy and intuitive to use, even for someone like me who is new to creating DVD menus from scratch.

For some reason though, I've run into a problem I have not been able to resolve when attempting to create multi-titleset menus. Single titlesets work everytime.

I am trying to place two videos on a DVD. One of the titles is 16:9 widescreen (made up of a .m2v and .ac3 files). The other is 4:3 widescreen (.m1v and .ac3).

The main menu has a motion background and branches out to two other menus. The 2nd menu is part of the 2nd titleset. I am using the same .bmp for these two menus. The size of the .bmp is 720x480 As you will see in the DVDStyler on-screen log, it appears to stop rendering the DVD when it reaches the .bmp (which in the log is referred to as a jpg).

I have included the log, core settings, a screenshot and the .xml file. Please help if you know how.
Thanks in advance.


DVDStyler Log
Summary:
Prepare
Generating menus


Details:
Prepare
Cleaning temporary directory
Generating menus
Generating menu 1 of 3
Prepare
Fix MPEG-file: C:\Documents and Settings\Louv68\Desktop\Birds of Prey\Birds of Prey Motion Background\Birds of Prey Motion Background.MPG
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 0.13%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 5.12%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 10.10%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 15.09%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 20.08%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 25.07%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 30.06%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 35.05%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 40.04%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 45.03%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 50.02%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 55.00%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 60.00%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 65.13%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 70.12%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 75.11%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 80.11%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 85.10%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 90.10%]
DemultiplexingXXX : [audio 01 video 01] [ 95.09%]
Demultiplexing : [audio 01 video 01] [100.00%]
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [???] File D:\Video Output\BIRDS OF PREY Episodes 13 and Unaired\dvd\menu0-0.mpg_bg-0.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] File D:\Video Output\BIRDS OF PREY Episodes 13 and Unaired\dvd\menu0-0.mpg_bg-0.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [???] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (D:\Video Output\BIRDS OF PREY Episodes 13 and Unaired\dvd\menu0-0.mpg_bg-0.m2v)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 480
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 6800000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (D:\Video Output\BIRDS OF PREY Episodes 13 and Unaired\dvd\menu0-0.mpg_bg-0.mp2)
INFO: [???] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0
INFO: [???] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [???] Layer : 2
INFO: [???] CRC checksums : no
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 16384 bytes/sec (128 kbit/sec)
INFO: [???] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [???] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [???] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [???] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [???] Original/Copy : 0 copy
INFO: [???] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 7074400
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 5300
INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 5300.
INFO: [???] STREAM c0 completed @ frame 7368.
INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=15917641.
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 207584 frame=005300 sector=00035700
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 640 frame=007368 sector=00001401
INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [???] Video Stream length: 71969794 bytes
INFO: [???] Sequence headers: 354
INFO: [???] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [???] No. Pictures : 5300
INFO: [???] No. Groups : 354
INFO: [???] No. I Frames : 354 avg. size 34719 bytes
INFO: [???] No. P Frames : 1413 avg. size 19066 bytes
INFO: [???] No. B Frames : 3534 avg. size 9263 bytes
INFO: [???] Average bit-rate : 3254800 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate : 6340800 bits/sec
INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 146017
INFO: [???] AUDIO_STATISTICS: c0
INFO: [???] Audio stream length 2829696 bytes.
INFO: [???] Syncwords : 7369
INFO: [???] Frames : 7369 padded
INFO: [???] Frames : 0 unpadded
INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 395
INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
Multiplexing subtitles (buttons) into mpeg
DVDAuthor:pumux, version 0.6.14-GfD-1.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype
Send bugs to <gfd@boraxsoft.de>
INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
STAT: 0:00:00.000
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: Pickbuttongroups, success with 1 groups, useimg=1
INFO: Found EOF in .sub file.
INFO: Max_sub_size=1724
INFO: 1 subtitles added, 0 subtitles skipped, stream: 32, offset: 0.24
Generating menu 2 of 3
Prepare
Converting jpg to mpeg
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] YUV colorspace detected.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Starting decompression
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Image dimensions are 720x480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 29.970030 frames/second
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Interlaced frames, top field first.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Frame size: 720 x 480
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Number of Loops 1
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved D:\Video Output\BIRDS OF PREY Episodes 13 and Unaired\dvd\menu1-0.mpg_bg.jpg, size 141382
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Rescaling color values.

Core Settings
Jpeg2Mpeg command: jpeg2yuv -n $FRAMES -I t -L 1 -f $FRAME_RATE -j '$FILE_IN' | mpeg2enc -f 8 -b -q 1 $BITRATE -o '$FILE_OUT' $VIDEO_NORM

Frame count of menu: 1

Menu video bitrate: 9000

Multiplexing command: mplex -f 8 -S 0 -M -V -o "$FILE_OUT" "$FILE_VIDEO" "$FILE_AUDIO"

Demultiplexing command: mpgtx -f -d "$FILE_IN" -b "$FILES_OUT"

Spumux command: spumux '$FILE_CONF'

Dvdauthor command: dvdauthor -o '$DIR' -x '$FILE_CONF'

Preview command: "empty"

Create ISO command: mkisofs -V '$VOL_ID' -o '$FILE' -dvd-video '$DIR'

Burn command: growisofs -V '$VOL_ID' -dvd-compat -Z $DEV -dvd-video '$DIR' $SPEEDSTR

Burn ISO command: growisofs -dvd-compat -Z $DEV='$FILE' -use-the-force-luke=daoSIZE $SPEEDSTR

Add ECC command: dvdisaster -mRS02 -n dvd -c -i "$FILE"

Format command: dvd+rw-format -force $DEV[/img]

snapshot.bmp

birds%20of%20prey%20episodes%2013%20and%20unaired. xml

[louv68]

PROBLEM RESOLVED

When I first starting using this application, I went wiki to see how I could improve the quality of motion menus. Someone there said adding -q 1 to the Jpeg2Mpeg command would give better quality. I did not know it would interfere with still menus though. I have removed it and it is now working fine.

Jpeg2Mpeg command: jpeg2yuv -n $FRAMES -I t -L 1 -f $FRAME_RATE -j '$FILE_IN' | peg2enc -f 8 -b -q 1 $BITRATE -o '$FILE_OUT' $VIDEO_NORM