DVD2SVCD AVI CONVERSION QUESTION??????

[ANONYMISTER JR]

Lots of posts come through on this stuff but nothing specifically on usin DVD2SVCD to convert AVI to SVCD. Somewhere something is getting lost. It tells me BBMPEG CANNOT FIND ENCODED AUDIO MP2. I know what that means but can't do jack s**t about it. Anyone else seen this error. I also understand the prog is not fullproof on that conversion but everything else I tried using seems to knock flix off sync. ANY HELP APRRECIATED.

ANONYMISTER

[LeeBear]

I believe the answer is in the DVD2SVCD FAQ. Your problem is the path you set for the files is using either long file names or special characters and BBMPEG can't access it because it's a command line driven program. I suggest you change the output paths to something simple like "C:\VCDTEMP" don't use spaces, only use characters and keep the name to 8 characters or less. Hope that helps.

-Lee

[ANONYMISTER JR]

You know I wish it were that easy...After more tries with it I see that it fails to extract AC3 audio from AVI's because most of the AVI's I have use PCM audio. In my specified folder for rips it takes a non existent AC3 and tries to convert that to an MP2. But it can't due to the fact the AC3 audio file shows a BIG FAT ZERO. (I use the LOG to see all this stuff), therefore it won't make an MP2. AC3 audio is from DVD's why must DVD2SVCD look for that all the time. Or, is there a way to change that.

ANONYMISTER

[LeeBear]

Can you copy the log file and post it here. Maybe me or someone else can help after looking at the log.

-LeeBear

[ANONYMISTER JR]

First off Bear I want to thank you for taking time out to help me with this. Second here is the log from DVD2SVCD and i'm also gonna try to show what my specified folder has in it as well.
The original video framerate of 20.000 is not supported. The framerate will be adjusted!
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- 8/23/2002 7:53:35 PM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 8/23/2002 7:53:36 PM
- Free on drive C: 21950.73 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 8/23/2002 7:53:40 PM
- Free on drive C: 21947.97 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\Extracted_audio_1.wav
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\Extracted_audio_1.wav" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD'S\THERIP~1\Encoded_audio_1.mp 2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD'S\THERIP~1\Encoded_audio_1.lo g" ) -ota( -g max -r 23976 20000 ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 128 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\Extracted_audio_1.wav finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 8/23/2002 7:53:48 PM
- Free on drive C: 21947.95 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833934864
AudioSectors: 971432
VideoPAPO: 12903048
ScanOffsetBytes: 1576
SeqAligningBytes: 100138
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 819958666.27
Seconds: 59.76
CalcMPEGStream: 819958666.27
Frames: 1313
CDSize: 800.00
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 1313
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\SIMPLE~1\SIMPLE~1 .DLL")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec .dll")
AVISource("C:\PROGRA~1\KaZaA\MYSHAR~1\C-WALK~1.AVI")
ConvertToYUY2()
AssumeFPS(23.976,True)
SimpleResize(480,480)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.640
Video Encoding finished.

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- 8/23/2002 7:57:11 PM
- Free on drive C: 21932.86 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 8/23/2002 7:57:24 PM
- Free on drive C: 21918.22 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD'S\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 8/23/2002 7:57:26 PM
- Free on drive C: 21918.20 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD'S\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 8/23/2002 7:57:28 PM
- Free on drive C: 21918.20 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD'S\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD'S\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD'S\THE RIPS\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"


Then it stops!!! All folder paths are correct but it does show a zero in ac3 audio file. And it wants to convert that to mp2 but like we talked about the AVI doesn't have that AC3 audio. If you could just gimme a good set of settings on that prog for AVI's I should be ok. DVD's I do with no prob.