ffmpegx Argument too large?

[Wizeman]

Hi all.

Just reencoded a huge file only to get the same error as once before. ffmpegx quits before splitting the file, and when I try to split it "manually" (i.e. choosing the muxed file in the Video-box, checking the right boxes and hit Go!) I get this:

Last login: Fri Nov 15 17:44:45 on ttyp1
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[dhcppc1:~] wizeman% pbpaste | sh
Size of Fix: 0x20
now reapplying junk-header ....
Now processing /JB.mpg [1/3] ...
now reapplying junk-header ....
*** malloc_zone_malloc[450]: argument too large: -171
sh: line 1: 450 Abort trap /Video/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/mpgtx -s -P -N -3 /JB.mpg -b /JB.mpg
Processing complete!
[dhcppc1:~] wizeman%

Please advise Again I have a perfectly synced great-looking 2.3GB MPEG-2 that is of absolutely no use to me whatsoever

/Wizeman

[Wizeman]

Hi again.

Tried checking the "Author as svcd .img" thingy too, just in case it would make a difference... it didn't really, but the error message was (perhaps) a bit more elaborate... not that I understand anymore of it...

Last login: Fri Nov 15 17:47:11 on ttyp3
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[dhcppc1:~] wizeman% pbpaste | sh
Size of Fix: 0x20
now reapplying junk-header ....
Now processing /JB.mpg [1/3] ...
now reapplying junk-header ....
*** malloc_zone_malloc[464]: argument too large: -171
sh: line 1: 464 Abort trap /Video/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/mpgtx -s -P -N -3 /JB.mpg -b /JB.mpg
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/JB.mpg.1.xml'
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
++ WARN: packet length beyond buffer (pos = 38 + size = 33217 > buflen = 2324) -- stream may be truncated or packet length > 2324 bytes!
**ERROR: input mpeg stream has been deemed invalid -- aborting
rm: /JB.mpg-1_02_pregap.img: No such file or directory
rm: /JB.mpg-1.toc: No such file or directory
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/JB.mpg.2.xml'
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
++ WARN: mpeg stream shorter than 75 sectors
++ WARN: sequence items should contain a motion video stream!
++ WARN: SVCD/TRACKS.SVCD: No MPEG motion video for track #0?
!ASSERT: file vcd_data_structures.c: line 217 (_vcd_list_begin): assertion failed: (list != NULL)
sh: line 1: 471 Abort trap /Video/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/vcdxbuild -q --cdrdao-file=/JB.mpg-2 /JB.mpg.2.xml
rm: /JB.mpg-2_02_pregap.img: No such file or directory
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/JB.mpg.3.xml'
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
**ERROR: could not stat() file `/JB.mpg-3.mpg': No such file or directory
rm: /JB.mpg-3_02_pregap.img: No such file or directory
rm: /JB.mpg-3.toc: No such file or directory
Processing complete!
[dhcppc1:~] wizeman%

[major]

Does it change anything if you split in 2 or 4 chunks instead of 3?

[Wizeman]

I don't know if ffmpegx cares about the number of chunks; it's pretty likely though, considering that JAW MPEG-2 splitter could *only* split this in 4 chunks (even if I "ordered" 3!)...

Frankly, I gave up shortly after submitting this question and decided to go disc-by-disc instead. I've just ripped (and soon reencoded) the first third of the film in question (8 chapters out of 22) and making that a "stand-alone" first disc.

BTW, is there some deep-rooted difference between the algorithms used in DVD2SVCD and ffmpegx? I only ask because my attempt at putting a 2 hour film on 2 discs looked pretty poor, whereas I have several 2 hour titles on 2 cds from the PC-equivalent that look very sharp. I am *not* complaining mind you (I'd rather have a 3 disc SVCD done w a Mac any old day hehe), just mildly curious about thigns I don't understand

/W

P.S. The manual is progressing nicely.