MF2 error

[ABAB]

FAILED TO CONVERT VIDEO FILE
ERROR: 80041c21
[17002:10:0]

I get this message after the converting video bit after I set everything going.
I'm trying to convert an Mpeg2 DVD compliant file to the same only with chapters
Any thoughts? or xtra info needed?

Thx

[Specialist]

How did you obtain your source MPEG file?

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[ABAB]

I converted it from .avi to a DVD compliant Mpeg file with TMPG.

[Specialist]

What I meant to ask was 'what was the source of the original .avi?'

In other words, was this .avi file captured from a DV camcorder?

Or did it come from some other source?

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[ABAB]

Oops, sorry.
The source is a compressed film,

[Specialist]

So when you explain the .avi source was a 'compressed film,' you mean it did not come from a DV camcorder, right?

So the next question would be:

Do you know what the attributes of the original .avi file were?

Were they standard in any way?

In other words...

720 x 480?

24-Bits?

48khz, 16-bit audio?

etc.

What I'm suggesting is that the source file attributes are significant.

I've noticed that about 99% of the problems posted to this forum seem to be related to...

a. files 'ripped' from commercial DVDs using free ripping software;

b. files captured from proprietary hardware MPEG boards.

When I get some time, I'm going to do some analysis of these types of files to determine precisely what makes them different.

In the meantime, I used standard DV .avis just this morning to author four one-hour DVDs using DVD MovieFactory 2 - and it worked without a problem.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[ABAB]

Hi there, this is where I'm upto.....
1. Convert the .avi with TMPG into a DVD compliant Mpeg2
2. Demux and re-name Mp2 to Mpa
3. Import these and create VOBs' in IFOedit
4. Create my DVD using Nero wizard instead of setting up manually, this seems to make a difference cos' after this my DVD seemed to play as I expected in my standalone.
I'm going to play around with the chapter creation now in IFOedit
Any tips would be appreciated..

Thx all