DVDFlick - File not multiplexed. WHY?

[Affordlux]

I have been using DVD Flick for a couple of years and found it to be fairly easy to use and it worked every time. But now I keep getting this message and have no idea why, what it means or what causes it. Can anyone help?

DVD Flick error log
Version 1.3.0.7 build 738
Windows 6.2 build 9200
*** Project info
EncodeProf 2
Threads 2
OverScan 0, 3
TargetRate 0
TargetFormat 1
TargetSize 4
CreateISO 0
CustRate 0
EnableBurn 1
EraseRW 0
HalfRes 0
LoopPlayb 1
AutoPlayMenu 1
MenuTemplt None
VolumeMod 100
WhenPlayed 0
*** Warnings given

*** Titles
0 - Classis1029AFixed
ChaptCount -1
ChaptInt -1
ChaptSource 1
TargetAR 1
ThumbIndex 65
1 - Classic1029B
ChaptCount -1
ChaptInt -1
ChaptSource 1
TargetAR 0
ThumbIndex 46
2 - Classic1029C
ChaptCount -1
ChaptInt -1
ChaptSource 1
TargetAR 0
ThumbIndex 92
3 - Classic1029D
ChaptCount -1
ChaptInt -1
ChaptSource 1
TargetAR 0
ThumbIndex 57
4 - Classic1029E
ChaptCount -1
ChaptInt -1
ChaptSource 1
TargetAR 0
ThumbIndex 74
*** Project sources
C:\Users\Knalas\Videos\Classis1029AFixed.mp4
Stream 0 (2)
Dur 648.64
StartT 0
Compr h264
BitR 0
640x360 29.97 FPS
PAR 1
SAR 1.777778
Stream 1 (1)
Dur 648.64
StartT 0
Compr aac
BitR 0
Chnnls 2
SRate 48000
Delay -160
E:\Classic1029B.mp4
Stream 0 (2)
Dur 459.66
StartT 0
Compr h264
BitR 0
320x240 22 FPS
PAR 1
SAR 1.333333
Stream 1 (1)
Dur 459.66
StartT 0
Compr aac
BitR 0
Chnnls 2
SRate 48000
Delay -160
E:\Classic1029C.mp4
Stream 0 (2)
Dur 919.45
StartT 0
Compr h264
BitR 0
320x240 22 FPS
PAR 1
SAR 1.333333
Stream 1 (1)
Dur 919.45
StartT 0
Compr aac
BitR 0
Chnnls 2
SRate 48000
Delay -160
E:\Classic1029D.mp4
Stream 0 (2)
Dur 570.85
StartT 0
Compr h264
BitR 0
512x384 29.97 FPS
PAR 1
SAR 1.333333
Stream 1 (1)
Dur 570.85
StartT 0
Compr aac
BitR 0
Chnnls 2
SRate 48000
Delay -160
E:\Classic1029E.mp4
Stream 0 (2)
Dur 736.25
StartT 0
Compr h264
BitR 0
512x384 29.97 FPS
PAR 1
SAR 1.333333
Stream 1 (1)
Dur 736.25
StartT 0
Compr aac
BitR 0
Chnnls 2
SRate 48000
Delay -160
*** dvdflick.log
8:57:56 PM: DVD Flick 1.3.0.7 build 738
8:57:56 PM: Calculating stream sizes...
8:57:56 PM: Disc space used : 3741702 KB
8:57:56 PM: Average bitrate : 9000 Kbit/s
8:57:56 PM: Total duration : 55:34 minutes
8:57:56 PM: 5 title(s).
8:57:56 PM: Using Normal encoding profile.
8:57:56 PM: NTSC target format.
8:57:56 PM: CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz
8:57:56 PM: Threadcount: 2
8:57:56 PM: Encoding video...
8:57:56 PM: Title 0, source 0
8:57:56 PM: Source : C:\Users\Knalas\Videos\Classis1029AFixed.mp4
8:57:56 PM: Properties : 640x360, Widescreen (16:9), 29.97 FPS, h264, 648.64 seconds
8:57:56 PM: Target BitRate : 9000 Kbit\s
8:57:56 PM: Re-encoding
8:57:56 PM: -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Videos\Classis1029AFixed.mp4" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 16:9 -minrate 8950k -maxrate 8950k -b 8950k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 2 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.m2v"
9:03:38 PM: Title 1, source 0
9:03:38 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029B.mp4
9:03:38 PM: Properties : 320x240, Normal (4:3), 22 FPS, h264, 459.66 seconds
9:03:38 PM: Target BitRate : 9000 Kbit\s
9:03:38 PM: Re-encoding
9:03:38 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029B.mp4" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 4:3 -minrate 8950k -maxrate 8950k -b 8950k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 2 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\1.0.m2v"
9:07:11 PM: Title 2, source 0
9:07:11 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029C.mp4
9:07:11 PM: Properties : 320x240, Normal (4:3), 22 FPS, h264, 919.45 seconds
9:07:11 PM: Target BitRate : 9000 Kbit\s
9:07:11 PM: Re-encoding
9:07:11 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029C.mp4" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 4:3 -minrate 8950k -maxrate 8950k -b 8950k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 2 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\2.0.m2v"
9:14:41 PM: Title 3, source 0
9:14:41 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029D.mp4
9:14:41 PM: Properties : 512x384, Normal (4:3), 29.97 FPS, h264, 570.85 seconds
9:14:41 PM: Target BitRate : 9000 Kbit\s
9:14:41 PM: Re-encoding
9:14:41 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029D.mp4" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 4:3 -minrate 8950k -maxrate 8950k -b 8950k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 2 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\3.0.m2v"
9:21:25 PM: Title 4, source 0
9:21:25 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029E.mp4
9:21:25 PM: Properties : 512x384, Normal (4:3), 29.97 FPS, h264, 736.25 seconds
9:21:25 PM: Target BitRate : 9000 Kbit\s
9:21:25 PM: Re-encoding
9:21:25 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029E.mp4" -vcodec mpeg2video -s 720x480 -r 29.97 -g 14 -bufsize 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 -aspect 4:3 -minrate 8950k -maxrate 8950k -b 8950k -preme 1 -precmp 2 -subcmp 8 -mbcmp 8 -cmp 1 -sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd -mbd 2 -sc_threshold -3000 -dc 8 -an -threads 2 -fflags +genpts -f mpeg2video -shortest -map 0:0 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\4.0.m2v"
9:30:04 PM: Combining video sources...
9:30:04 PM: Concatenating video...
9:30:04 PM: Encoding audio...
9:30:04 PM: Title 0, track 0, source 0 of 0
9:30:04 PM: Source : C:\Users\Knalas\Videos\Classis1029AFixed.mp4
9:30:04 PM: Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 648.64 seconds
9:30:04 PM: Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
9:30:04 PM: -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Videos\Classis1029AFixed.mp4" -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 2 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.0.ac3"
9:30:21 PM: Fixing delay of -160 ms
9:30:21 PM: -start -160 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.0.ac3"
9:30:22 PM: Title 1, track 0, source 0 of 0
9:30:22 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029B.mp4
9:30:22 PM: Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 459.66 seconds
9:30:22 PM: Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
9:30:22 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029B.mp4" -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\1.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 2 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\1.0.0.ac3"
9:30:33 PM: Fixing delay of -160 ms
9:30:33 PM: -start -160 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\1.0.0.ac3"
9:30:34 PM: Title 2, track 0, source 0 of 0
9:30:34 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029C.mp4
9:30:34 PM: Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 919.45 seconds
9:30:34 PM: Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
9:30:34 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029C.mp4" -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\2.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 2 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\2.0.0.ac3"
9:30:56 PM: Fixing delay of -160 ms
9:30:56 PM: -start -160 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\2.0.0.ac3"
9:30:57 PM: Title 3, track 0, source 0 of 0
9:30:57 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029D.mp4
9:30:57 PM: Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 570.85 seconds
9:30:57 PM: Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
9:30:57 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029D.mp4" -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\3.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 2 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\3.0.0.ac3"
9:31:12 PM: Fixing delay of -160 ms
9:31:12 PM: -start -160 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\3.0.0.ac3"
9:31:12 PM: Title 4, track 0, source 0 of 0
9:31:12 PM: Source : E:\Classic1029E.mp4
9:31:12 PM: Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 736.25 seconds
9:31:12 PM: Recompressing to 192 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
9:31:12 PM: -i "E:\Classic1029E.mp4" -i "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\4.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -threads 2 -async 0 -shortest "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\4.0.0.ac3"
9:31:31 PM: Fixing delay of -160 ms
9:31:31 PM: -start -160 "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\4.0.0.ac3"
9:31:32 PM: Combining audio sources...
9:31:32 PM: Concatenating audio...
9:31:32 PM: Title 0, track 0
9:31:32 PM: Title 1, track 0
9:31:32 PM: Title 2, track 0
9:31:32 PM: Title 3, track 0
9:31:32 PM: Title 4, track 0
9:31:32 PM: Combining sources...
9:31:32 PM: Multiplexing audio and video
9:31:32 PM: Title 0
9:31:32 PM: -f 8 --vbr -o "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\title0.mpg" "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.m2v" "C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.ac3"
9:31:34 PM: -1 from muxStreamsMPLEX: File was not multiplexed.

*** 0.0.0_log.txt
ate=192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=20270
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=15567360
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=00:10:48.640
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=20269
NotFixedDelay= 0.0000
Duration=00:10:48.480
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 20265
Number of Errors= 0

*** 1.0.0_log.txt
ate=192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=14364
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=11031552
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=00:07:39.648
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=14363
NotFixedDelay= 0.0000
Duration=00:07:39.488
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 14359
Number of Errors= 0

*** 2.0.0_log.txt
ate=192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=28732
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=22066176
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=00:15:19.424
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=28731
NotFixedDelay= 0.0000
Duration=00:15:19.264
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 28727
Number of Errors= 0

*** 3.0.0_log.txt
ate=192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=17839
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=13700352
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=00:09:30.848
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=17838
NotFixedDelay= 0.0000
Duration=00:09:30.688
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 17834
Number of Errors= 0

*** 4.0.0_log.txt
ate=192.000000
Sampling Frec=48000
TotalFrames=23008
Bytesperframe= 768.0000
Filesize=17670144
FrameDuration= 32.0000
Framespersecond= 31.2500
Duration=00:12:16.256
Channels mode=2/0: L+R
LFE=LFE: Not present
[Target info]
StartFrame=5
EndFrame=23007
NotFixedDelay= 0.0000
Duration=00:12:16.096
====== PROCESSING LOG ======================
Seeking....
Done.
Processing....
Number of written frames = 23003
Number of Errors= 0

*** ffmpeg_audio_title0_track0_source0.txt
ze= 12087kB time=515.71 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 12697kB time=541.73 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 13340kB time=569.18 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 13899kB time=593.02 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 14535kB time=620.16 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 15080kB time=643.42 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 15202kB time=648.64 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s

video:0kB audio:15202kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_audio_title1_track0_source0.txt
ze= 7904kB time=337.25 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 8434kB time=359.87 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 8950kB time=381.89 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 9459kB time=403.58 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 9982kB time=425.89 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 10452kB time=445.95 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 10773kB time=459.65 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s

video:0kB audio:10773kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_audio_title2_track0_source0.txt
ze= 18640kB time=795.33 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 19164kB time=817.66 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 19745kB time=842.46 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 20255kB time=864.22 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 20848kB time=889.50 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 21345kB time=910.72 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 21549kB time=919.42 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s

video:0kB audio:21549kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_audio_title3_track0_source0.txt
ze= 10420kB time=444.61 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 10924kB time=466.11 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 11420kB time=487.26 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 11919kB time=508.54 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 12398kB time=528.96 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 12958kB time=552.86 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 13379kB time=570.85 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s

video:0kB audio:13379kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_audio_title4_track0_source0.txt
ze= 14491kB time=618.27 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 14966kB time=638.56 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 15516kB time=662.02 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 16041kB time=684.42 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 16579kB time=707.36 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 17132kB time=730.98 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 17256kB time=736.26 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s

video:0kB audio:17256kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt
size= 704417kB time=644.78 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=19359 fps= 57 q=2.0 size= 705657kB time=645.91 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=19394 fps= 57 q=2.0 size= 706932kB time=647.08 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=19419 fps= 57 q=2.0 size= 707844kB time=647.91 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=19439 fps= 57 q=2.0 Lsize= 708573kB time=648.58 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s

video:708573kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_video_title1_source0.txt
size= 497395kB time=455.29 bitrate=8949.6kbits/s
frame=13673 fps= 65 q=2.0 size= 498379kB time=456.19 bitrate=8949.6kbits/s
frame=13707 fps= 65 q=1.6 size= 499619kB time=457.32 bitrate=8949.6kbits/s
frame=13741 fps= 65 q=2.0 size= 500858kB time=458.46 bitrate=8949.6kbits/s
frame=13773 fps= 65 q=2.0 Lsize= 502025kB time=459.53 bitrate=8949.6kbits/s

video:502025kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_video_title2_source0.txt
ize= 999804kB time=915.15 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=27462 fps= 61 q=3.0 size= 1001043kB time=916.28 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=27502 fps= 61 q=2.0 size= 1002501kB time=917.62 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=27538 fps= 61 q=3.2 size= 1003814kB time=918.82 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=27554 fps= 61 q=2.0 Lsize= 1004397kB time=919.35 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s

video:1004397kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_video_title3_source0.txt
size= 620573kB time=568.03 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=17048 fps= 43 q=2.0 size= 621411kB time=568.80 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=17070 fps= 43 q=2.0 size= 622213kB time=569.54 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=17090 fps= 42 q=2.0 size= 622943kB time=570.20 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s
frame=17108 fps= 43 q=2.0 Lsize= 623599kB time=570.80 bitrate=8949.7kbits/s

video:623599kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** ffmpeg_video_title4_source0.txt
size= 801567kB time=733.70 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=22014 fps= 43 q=2.0 size= 802442kB time=734.50 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=22037 fps= 43 q=1.6 size= 803280kB time=735.27 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=22058 fps= 43 q=2.0 size= 804046kB time=735.97 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s
frame=22064 fps= 43 q=2.0 Lsize= 804265kB time=736.17 bitrate=8949.8kbits/s

video:804265kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

*** mplex_title0.txt
] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [] CSPF : 0
INFO: [] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\0.0.ac3)
INFO: [] AC3 frame size = 768
INFO: [] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
**ERROR: [] Could not open for writing: C:\Users\Knalas\Documents\dvd\title0.mpg

*** Project destination folder
0.0.0_log.txt 483
0.0.ac3 15563520
0.0.m2v 725578658
1.0.0_log.txt 483
1.0.ac3 11027712
1.0.m2v 514073252
2.0.0_log.txt 483
2.0.ac3 22062336
2.0.m2v 1028502478
3.0.0_log.txt 483
3.0.ac3 13696512
3.0.m2v 638565050
4.0.0_log.txt 483
4.0.ac3 17666304
4.0.m2v 823566954
dvdflick.log 7792
errorlog.txt 27738
ffmpeg_audio_title0_track0_source0.txt 3827
ffmpeg_audio_title1_track0_source0.txt 3379
ffmpeg_audio_title2_track0_source0.txt 4459
ffmpeg_audio_title3_track0_source0.txt 3748
ffmpeg_audio_title4_track0_source0.txt 4178
ffmpeg_video_title0_source0.txt 54995
ffmpeg_video_title1_source0.txt 35042
ffmpeg_video_title2_source0.txt 71993
ffmpeg_video_title3_source0.txt 64703
ffmpeg_video_title4_source0.txt 82628
mplex_title0.txt 1450
*** Drives
C - Gateway - 2
FS NTFS
AvailSpace 280809
FreeSpace 280809
TotalSize 458406
D - not ready
E - - 1
FS exFAT
AvailSpace 995662
FreeSpace 995662
TotalSize 999968
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[ProWo]

Maybe the total bitrate is too high...

[Affordlux]

And how would I determine if that is the problem?

[davexnet]

And how would I determine if that is the problem?

It going to take some detective work, "keep intermediate files" in project settings
then you go through the steps looking for the error.
The process in the log shows that it encodes the video, audio, concatenates both into one video/audio (successfully)
and attempts a multiplex that fails

I'd upgrade to the latest version and retry. This has fixes, improvements and more log info
https://www.videohelp.com/download/dvdflick_setup_1.3.1.0.exe

Do you have enough disk space on the target drive?
I see this info, but what are those units?
C - Gateway - 2
FS NTFS
AvailSpace 280809
FreeSpace 280809
TotalSize 458406

Does this drive have 280GB free?

[Affordlux]

Yes there is sufficient free space. I actually suspected that might be a problem before I posted this issue so I tried creating the DVD with just ONE of the FIVE clips and that failed with the same message. I should mention that I edited and created mp4 clips that are input to DVDFLICK with Shotcut. I am thinking that an MP4 file is an MP4 file, but are there characteristics of an MP4 file when created that could cause this multiplexing issue?

[davexnet]

Yes there is sufficient free space. I actually suspected that might be a problem before I posted this issue so I tried creating the DVD with just ONE of the FIVE clips and that failed with the same message. I should mention that I edited and created mp4 clips that are input to DVDFLICK with Shotcut. I am thinking that an MP4 file is an MP4 file, but are there characteristics of an MP4 file when created that could cause this multiplexing issue?

There are many types of streams that will fit in an mp4. Upload one of the problematic files to the forum
here and I'll take a look.
Which OS ? Windows 10?

[Affordlux]

Windows 10. I did some research and compared the mp4 file properties and this is what I found:

Frm/Width Frm/Height FrmRatekps Bit Ratekps Data Ratekps

File A 640 360 29.97 707kps 483kps
File B 320 240 22 647 262
File C 320 240 22 662 345
File D 512 384 29.97 1218 885
File E 512 384 29.97 1113 769

So the question is, can DVDFLICK handle these disparate properties on input to produce a DVD? Are there parameters within DVDFLICK that must be set to handle this type of varying input MP4 files? Just for more research, I am running DVDFLICK to create a DVD with only the D and E files, since they are similar.

[davexnet]

Windows 10. I did some research and compared the mp4 file properties and this is what I found:

Frm/Width Frm/Height FrmRatekps Bit Ratekps Data Ratekps

File A 640 360 29.97 707kps 483kps
File B 320 240 22 647 262
File C 320 240 22 662 345
File D 512 384 29.97 1218 885
File E 512 384 29.97 1113 769

So the question is, can DVDFLICK handle these disparate properties on input to produce a DVD? Are there parameters within DVDFLICK that must be set to handle this type of varying input MP4 files? Just for more research, I am running DVDFLICK to create a DVD with only the D and E files, since they are similar.

The program can do it. By default, the files you add become their own DVD title; no requirement for the files to match,they're all encoded to DVD-spec mpeg-2
separately.

The program does offer the ability to put two files in the same title (edit title/video tab/add) - in this case the source files mush match.

You could try renaming the config folder (c:\users\userid\appdata\local\DVDflick) and allowing the program to recreate it when it starts up

[DB83]

I may have misread the log but I see the first audio stream being changed from 0.0.ac3 to 0.0.0.ac3. The muxer is looking for 0.0.ac3 to go with the video stream. Since it is apparently not in the folder the mux fails.

[davexnet]

I may have misread the log but I see the first audio stream being changed from 0.0.ac3 to 0.0.0.ac3. The muxer is looking for 0.0.ac3 to go with the video stream. Since it is apparently not in the folder the mux fails.

Well spotted, never noticed that myself; but I think it's a red herring - here's one I did, similar thing can be seen
but no errors in my run

8:35:52 PM: Encoding audio...
8:35:52 PM:     Title 0, track 0, source 0 of 0
8:35:52 PM:         Source     : H:\misc film\shorts\vid1.mp4
8:35:52 PM:         Properties : 2 channels, 44100 Hz, aac, 269.37 seconds
8:35:52 PM:         Recompressing to 128 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
8:35:52 PM:          -i "H:\misc film\shorts\vid1.mp4" -i "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\0.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 
8:35:57 PM:         Fixing delay of -160 ms
8:35:57 PM:         -start -160 "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\0.0.0.ac3"
8:35:57 PM:     Title 1, track 0, source 0 of 0
8:35:57 PM:         Source     : H:\misc film\shorts\vid2.mp4
8:35:57 PM:         Properties : 2 channels, 48000 Hz, aac, 641.77 seconds
8:35:57 PM:         Recompressing to 128 Kbit\s with 2 channel(s)
8:35:57 PM:          -i "H:\misc film\shorts\vid2.mp4" -i "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\1.0.m2v" -map 0:1:1:0 -acodec ac3 -ab 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 
8:36:06 PM:         Fixing delay of -160 ms
8:36:06 PM:         -start -160 "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\1.0.0.ac3"
8:36:06 PM: Combining audio sources...
8:36:06 PM:         Concatenating audio...
8:36:06 PM:             Title 0, track 0
8:36:06 PM:             Title 1, track 0
8:36:06 PM: Combining sources...
8:36:06 PM:         Multiplexing audio and video
8:36:06 PM:             Title 0
8:36:06 PM:             -f 8 --vbr -o "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\title0.mpg" "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\0.0.m2v"  "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\0.0.ac3"
8:36:10 PM:         Cleaning up...
8:36:10 PM:             Title 1
8:36:10 PM:             -f 8 --vbr -o "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\title1.mpg" "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\1.0.m2v"  "I:\dvd-copy\dvd4-1307\\1.0.ac3"
8:36:19 PM:         Cleaning up...

[Affordlux]

OK, my little experiment of combining files with similar properties, file D and E failed. File not multiplexed message again. I noticed on my original error log post on the first video there was a reference to widescreen (16:9) which didn't make sense since these are all old video in 4:3. So when I ran the D and E all similar properties video experiment, I thought the widescreen potential issue would go away, and it did, unfortunately with the same multiplex error result. DB83's comment on the audio issue sounds promising, but what setting in DVDFLICK would need to be changed to remedy?

[DB83]

This is not a program I use myself. In fact I would suggest you throw the same sources at avstodvd which will perform the same function as dvdflick - ie create a dvd from multiple sources to see if you still have an issue.


As for the 16:9 | 4:3 issue, the dvd spec will allow you to mix such sources since they will be provided in the final dvd in separate titlesets/vts (vobs etc). What is not allowed is mixing PAL sources/muxes with NTSC sources/muxes unless one converts one or the other.


But to address your question, the first video has 640*360 which is by no means 4:3 (that would be 640*480 and a mp4 does not have a AR flag regardless and simply does the maths on the h/w ratio). Now it maybe that the program reports the AR incorrectly by ignoring any letter-boxing but would still, for the reasons already stated, not disallow that.

[orsetto]

DVDflick is a great little program, the simplest to use DVD authoring app out there when it works.

Unfortunately it is outdated (the original developer abandoned it years ago), and its prone to all sorts of "errors" when it doesn't like your source files for whatever reason. That reason almost always has something to do with the audio track of the source file. While DVDflick does give you a definite heads up if it has an issue with the video (displays an alert and shows a black thumbnail with a red X thru it), it annoyingly does not give any clear indication that its choking on an audio track until it fails an hour later at the authoring stage. It does give some clues, however: if it takes an unusually long time for a MP4 or MKV file to load in the project window (many minutes instead of seconds), chances are the audio will error out. You'll also notice the audio encoding step taking a ridiculously long time: hours and hours instead of minutes.

Having been frustrated by this many times, I'm now much more proactive to avoid wasting time. The instant I notice DVDflick dragging its butt to load a file, I stop the project and modify that source file. There are several ways to do this, in my case someone here recommended extracting the audio from the MP4 with the AvantiGUI ffmpeg utility as a standardized two channel AAC re-encode. In the DVDflick project window, highlight that file and click Edit Title>Audio to remove the troublesome original soundtrack and replace it with the one you created with a utility. DVDflick will usually then process that much quicker, muxing and authoring without an error.

AVStoDVD may or may not handle the same files better than DVDflick. While still active as a current app and very well supported by its developer, it too can have trouble with some files. If neither app succeeds, try creating a new audio track for the difficult file.

[Affordlux]

Took DB83's advice and used AVSTODVD to create a DVD using the same files I had input to DVDFLICK AND IT WORKED! Got my DVD! Thanks everyone for trying to resolve my issue. I still cannot determine what DVDFLICK choked on, but at this point I am done investigating it any further. So frustrating.