DVD2SVCD: Audioformat not supported

[Diver]

Hi allmighty community

What can I do if DVD2SVCD tells me "Audioformat not supported. Only AC3, MP3, MP2 and PCM is supported!"?
Here is what G-Spot tells me about the file (audio): divx (same as wma) (0x0161) DivX Networks

thanks
diver

[DJRumpy]

Try this: http://www.boltours.com/CroDVD/download/DivX%203.11%20alpha.zip

It's the Divx 3.11 Alpha codec.

If that doesn't work, try this: http://www.undercut.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?v=75635f6d732d6d706567345f7061636b5f717569...5722e657865&t=

[Diver]

OK
I´ll give it a try. So you think there is an codec missing? But I´m shure I have installed DivX3.11.

Thanks
Diver

[DJRumpy]

If I recall correctly, the internal number used for the audio codec in that version of Divx also happens to be the same as Windows Media Audio V2, hence the conflict. They fixed it in one of these. Sorry I can't be more specific, as I've never experienced the problem, but I vaguely remember hearing about it.

[Diver]

Hi DJRumpy
Sorry, I wasn´t online for a while. A BIG thanks to u. This was the misstake. now first I "trnscode" with VDub and the encode with DVD2SVCD. Works great.
But now I encountered another problem: the last two of my mpegs wont play on my standalone. Dont know why. Checking with movieID sayd that they are just the same as the others. But my sstandalone hangs up. I posted this in another post, so I´ll see what could be the matter.

Thanks
diver

[DJRumpy]

It's your thread. Feel free to post whatever you like ( within forum rules of course ).

As to your problem, I would suspect something wrong with your output mpeg. Use AVICodec to view it's properties, and report what it says here.

Video Codec (I'm guessing MPEG-2)
Resolution
Frames Per Second
Audio Codec
Avg Bitrate

When you say they won't play, what happens? Does your player display an error, or does the video 'freeze', or what?

[Diver]

Hi DJRumpy

I´m a little bit confused. Here is what AviCodec reported me:
FileType FileDate FileRealSize FileTheoSize FileDuration VideoCodec AspectRatio Width Height FramesNb
MPG 14.07.1978 842719292 1697507322 4989 MPG2 16:09 480 576 124725
MPG 14.07.1978 841519772 1629457322 4789 MPG2 16:09 352 288 119725
MPG 14.07.1978 843370796 0 0 MPG2 16:09 480 576 0
MPG 14.07.1978 843427244 0 0 MPG2 16:09 480 576 0


Fps VSec VSize VAvgBPS a1Name a1SamplesNb a1Sec a1Size
25.0 4989 1577771250 316250 Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0] 239472000 4989 119736000
25.0 4789 1514521250 316250 Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0] 229872000 4789 114936000
25.0 0 0 316250 Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0] 0 0 0
25.0 0 0 316250 Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0] 0 0 0



The first two tracks won´t work, but the last two work all right. But the proggy tells me that the last two have no theoretical size and no file duration. Other things are missing too as you can see. I don´t understand anything.


What the standalone does is easy to explain: ilt checks the CD, saying "reading" and then freezes in this step. the only thing that works is to turn it off, turn it on again to get my CD out. No other functions at the remote or t the player work. Other SVCDs work all right. So it is able to play them.
I have to mention that my second standalone plays everything all right.


Can you tell me what´s wrong? That would be great.


diver

[DJRumpy]

It's not unusual for AVICodec to report no duration fo an MPEG. Since your disc won't even register in your player, I would suspect bad media. Does the same disc play in your PC? PC CDR drives are much more forgiving than a standalone.

You can also try ripping the MPEG with VCDGear (find it in the TOOLS section). Put your SVCD in your PC's CD-rom drive. In the VCDGear options, turn off the 'splitting' checkbox. Set the conversion type to 'MPEG -> MPEG', and select the Fix MPEG Errors checkbox. Click the LOAD button, and browse to the SVCD's MPEG directly on the CD-R. It will then prompt you with a filename to save it onto your hard drive. Select a filename and location, and click start.

When it's done, check the LOG button, to see if any errors were logged. If you see a large number of errors, or the drive spends a long time trying to read your disc, then your meda is probably bad. Try re-burning with a slower burn speed to see if the problem improves, or optionally, just take your disc down to the local electronics store, and pop it into a few players, to see if they will play it.

[Diver]

Hi

I´ve done what you suggested but had no luck. I used VCDGear in mpeg->mpeg mode but it tells me that there are no errors. Then I used the same burner with another speed (4x) and another medium with no success. And I tried another burner. I had no luck. i found an proggy whitch tells you something about the header of the file but I don´t understand it. now I´m looking for an description. It is called mpegprop. I noticed some differences in some flags but I´m not sure what this has to say. So do you have another tip for me?

My other standalone plays the files very fine. But it is quite this standalone whith should play everything - and did so until I made these two films .


have a nice day
diver

[DJRumpy]

You said it plays fine in another standalone, or on your PC?

[Diver]

on other standalone and on PC everything works all right.
What makes me wonder is that the same medium (same brand) with same avi2svcd settings (see above) plays in this standalone. So there must be something different. One thing that comes in my mind is that these two which don´t work are one 80min avi an one SVCD. So the bitrate must be a little bit lower. But why does the standalone hang up? Damed thing!

diver

[DJRumpy]

Try using Bitrate Viewer to examine the entire stream. It may show some differences. You should be able to find it in the TOOLS section.

[Diver]

Hi QBert

Here is what BitrateViewer 1.5 (shareware) sayd:
the file which works:
Num. of picture read: 497144
Stream type: MPEG-2 MP@ML VBR
Resolution: 480*576
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Generic
Framerate: 25.00
Nom. bitrate: 2530000 Bit/Sec
VBV buffer size: 112
Constrained param. flag: No
Chroma format: 4:2:0
DCT precision: 10
Pic. structure: Frame
Field topfirst: Yes
DCT type: Frame
Quantscale: Linear
Scan type: ZigZag
Frame type: Progressive
Notes:

Bitrate Peak:2748 average:2156
Q-Level Peak:10.47 average:4.00

and the file which doesn´t work;
Num. of picture read: 429163
Stream type: MPEG-2 MP@ML VBR
Resolution: 480*576
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Generic
Framerate: 25.00
Nom. bitrate: 2530000 Bit/Sec
VBV buffer size: 112
Constrained param. flag: No
Chroma format: 4:2:0
DCT precision: 10
Pic. structure: Frame
Field topfirst: Yes
DCT type: Frame
Quantscale: Linear
Scan type: ZigZag
Frame type: Progressive
Notes:


Bitrate Peak:2652 average:1080
Q-Level Peak:1.52 average:1.00

I checked two other files (one working and one not working) with nearly the same results. The only differece I notice is in Q-level. But what does this have to do with the standalone? And is there any way to solve this problem?


Thanks a lot
diver

[Diver]

Oh oh oh SORRY

I wanted to say DJRumpy. Sorry.
This was because I read a thread of QBert.


Hope u will help me nevertheless


diver

[DJRumpy]

The file is fine, other than a high max bitrate, and since the file that plays has a higher bitrate, I can only assume your player handles xSVCD's without issue. It has to be a corrupt source file. Something the PC can handle, as well as the other player, while causing your problem player to choke.

Try transcoding the file from MPEG2 to MPEG2 (Use DVD2AVI), and frame serve it back to the encoder. Or optionally, just go back to your original source file. This time, try a different tool that DVD2SVCD. Try manually.

[Diver]

Hi DJRumpy

Now I´m really confused. I did as you mentioned: used all the things you mentioned in your

guide "DJRumpy´s SVCD to DVD MPEG guide". But without removing the overlap and without

resizing andd without the PAl to NTSC conversion. And used CCE2.5 instead of 2.66. Here is

my movie.avs:

vid=Mpeg2Source("dvd2avi.d2v")
aud=WAVSource("audio.wav")
AudioDub(vid,aud)
ConvertToYUY2()

I had to remove the ReampleAudio because it caused an error in WinMP. Then muxed with

TMPEGEnc. The file won´t play in the damed standalone. And another thing is mysterios. Now

the aspect ratio is 352x288 althought I told CCE to give me an SVCD. But I noticed that in

the ecl it is told to use these ratio. What´s this? Ah, here is the ccd.ecl if you need

it:

; Cinema Craft Encoder SP -- Encoder Control List

[item]
title=Movie.avs
vid_out=1
vaf_out=1
aud_out=1
vid_file0=D:\Filme\recent\Transcoding WD\Movie.mpv
vid_file1=D:\Filme\recent\Transcoding WD\Movie.mpv
vaf_file=D:\Filme\recent\Transcoding WD\Movie.vaf
aud_file=D:\Filme\recent\Transcoding WD\Movie.mpa
file_focused=0
encode_mode=0
packet_size=4096
timecode=0x1000000
width=352
height=288
vmode=2
frame_rate_idx=3
cbr_brate=6000
opv_q_factor=60
opv_brate_min=2000
opv_brate_max=9000
vbr_brate_avg=1127
vbr_brate_min=0
vbr_brate_max=9300
vbr_bias=30
vbr_pass=3
quality_prec=32
use_filter=1
filter_val=6
seq_endcode=1
dvd=0
half_width=0
half_height=0
fast_mode=0
progressive=0
alternate_scan=1
non_linear=1
top_first=1
lum_level=1
intra_dc_prec=-1
aspect_ratio=2
gop_m=3
gop_nm=5
gop_hdr=15
seq_hdr=1
all_closed_gop=1
fix_gop_length=0
mpeg1=0
mpeg1_cps=1
samples_per_sec=48000
stereo=2
brate_idx=6
crc=1

[file]
name=D:\Filme\recent\Transcoding WD\Movie.avs
type=0
frame_first=0
frame_last=119717
encode_first=0
encode_last=119717

The muxed file keeps on hanging in WinMP, but won´t play in the standalone. The second has

no problems with it.
AND there is another thing. Now the movie is a little bit to bright. What went wrong?



Thanks a lot for your help!!!
diver

[DJRumpy]

Ok, lets start with your output being the wrong size. Your script isn't resizing your input, so either your input is not SVCD, or you haven't set your settings in CCE according to the guide. Specifically the 'Half Height' options. These are the only thing that will change your output size in CCE. Verify your input file with MPEG Properties, or AVICodec (find both in the TOOLS section). Last but not least, verify the MODE is set to MPEG-2, not MPEG-1.

Double check your settings. If your image is too bright, you can compress the luminance scale by selecting 16-235 instead of 0-255. It may do strange things with your colors though, so try a small sample on your TV with either an MPG2 CD-R SVCD or a DVD-R DVD clip (either will work for a sample). I've never had the color or brightness skew using these tools, but I've never used CCE 2.5. Can you get a newer version? I suppose it's possible the old version had a bug of this nature. From the posts I see, it was stable, but it had it's quirks.