Encoding Problem going from .VOB to SVCD

[sanyi83]

I keep getting this strange error talking about the app not being able to read the headder or something. I have installed everything and I am still getting this error. this is what it says in the terminal window.

Last login: Sun Jul 27 15:37:12 on ttyp3
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[Sandor:~] alex% pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sun Jul 27 15:37:15 PDT 2003
## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)
usage: movtoy4m -w width -h height -F a:b -a a:b [-s] [-f] [-o ppm/y4m] movie.mov

example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 288 -F 25:1 -a 4:3 pal_normal.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 240 -F 30000:1001 -a 16:9 ntsc_wide.mov

**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!
[Sandor:~] alex%



Anyone got any ideas?
thanks

[major]

Seems like you're trying to convert a VOB file with "Decode with quicktime" option enabled and without the Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 playback component installed.

[sanyi83]

ok now is there a way for me to encode it to a SVCD and not have to spend 20 bucks for a component? How can I make it so that I don't use decode with quicktime?

[major]

Disable the "Decode with Quicktime" checkbox. As a third option, enable the "Decode with mplayer" checkbox.

[sanyi83]

Where are these checkboxes?

[major]

In the Options tab.

[sanyi83]

Sorry for being such a pain. i got the encoding thing figured out but I am trying to encode it as 2 SVCD's and I told it to do it that way. Yet it seems to only encode it as one large file? How can I make it split up the movie into 2 segments?
thanks again

[major]

Select the big mpg file in the first "Browse" field in the Tools tab, select "split in 2 chunks", "author as SVCD" and click "Author".

[sanyi83]

ok I did what you said it came up with a window that said "finished", but where are the 2 files? they are not in the folder that the original one was in.

[major]

They should be in the same folder. Make sure there are no spaces or special characters in your paths.

[sanyi83]

Which video codec should I be using to encode an SVCD?

[major]

You should select mpeg-2. Choose one of the "Quick presets" as they'll automatically set all options for you.

[Sanyi83]

When I try and use mpeg 2 I get this problem again. this is the error that I get in terminal.

Last login: Sat Aug 2 22:38:34 on ttyp4
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[Sandor:~] alex% pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sat Aug 2 22:38:57 PDT 2003
## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)
usage: movtoy4m -w width -h height -F a:b -a a:b [-s] [-f] [-o ppm/y4m] movie.mov

example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 288 -F 25:1 -a 4:3 pal_normal.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 240 -F 30000:1001 -a 16:9 ntsc_wide.mov

**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!
[Sandor:~] alex%

[major]

This is because the preset uses by default "QT decode", and you don't have the QT plugin installed. So just after selecting the preset, do what suggested previously, then launch the encode.

Disable the "Decode with Quicktime" checkbox. As a third option, enable the "Decode with mplayer" checkbox.

[Sanyi83]

I tried that as well and this is the message that i get whne I try that.

Last login: Sun Aug 3 22:19:26 on ttyp3
pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[Sandor:~] alex% pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sun Aug 3 22:19:28 PDT 2003
-f 5 -b 2500 -q 6 -B 260 -V 230 -a 2
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler (version 1.7.0) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2002 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Unable to open: DVDs/Equilibrium/argh.mpv:
No such file or directory
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/local/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale


MPlayer dev-CVS-030316-14:10-3.1 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

AltiVec not found
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /Users/alex/.mplayer/config
Reading /Users/alex/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/Users/alex/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
CommandLine: '-noframedrop' '-vo' 'yuv4mpeg' '-ao' 'pcm' '-waveheader' '-v' '-osdlevel' '0' '/Volumes/Rico/Ripped' 'DVDs/Equilibrium/Equilibrium.VOB' '-aid' '128'
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/Users/alex/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /Users/alex/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Using Unoptimized OnScreenDisplay
Using usleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/Users/alex/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /Users/alex/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
get_path('Ripped.conf') -> '/Users/alex/.mplayer/Ripped.conf'

Playing /Volumes/Rico/Ripped
Not an URL!
File not found: '/Volumes/Rico/Ripped'

get_path('Equilibrium.VOB.conf') -> '/Users/alex/.mplayer/Equilibrium.VOB.conf'

Playing DVDs/Equilibrium/Equilibrium.VOB
Not an URL!
File not found: 'DVDs/Equilibrium/Equilibrium.VOB'


Exiting... (End of file)

[major]

Make sure there are no spaces or special characters in your paths. I can see a space in your folder "(Z)ipped DVDs".

[sanyi83]

ok I got the encoding done but I seem to have two seperate files one for the audio and one for the video. I am curious how I can get the audio to be incorportaed with the video.

[major]

The process of combining video and audio is called muxing. Normally this is done automatically at the end of the encoding. Or you can use the mux tool in the Tools tab of ffmpegX.