Encoding stopps at 9min 45sec...

[ISSI]

Hi ev'body!

I have a strange problem:

Since a couple of days, ffmpegX stopps encoding XviD any 9 GB *.mov file (written from iMovie 3 from several DV streams). It quits after 9 minutes and some seconds, sometimes 45, sometimes 55 sec.

The quicktime movie file works and plays fine under Quicktime player.

I tried to encode the *.mov file with ffmpegX versions 0.0.7c, 0.0.8a, c, and d (with the recommended engines, of course!)

Even the preview function under the filter tab works only up to 9 min 45 sec...

I already encoded QT files of 9+ GB and it worked right up to the end.

So I am confused of this:
- Why does QT 6.3 plays the movie correctly, when ffmepgX refuses to go further than 9 min 45 sec?

- As 9 min + x sec is just what was recorded from iMovie into one DV stream (resp. 1,9 GB), does this maybe cause the problem (in other words: to crash after the first DV stream)?

- Is this maybe, due to my few free HD space (8 GB) on my working HD?

Thanks for any help...
ISSI

My system:
G4 Cube 4650 MHz
832 MB RAM
Mac OS X 10.2.6
HD (internal): 20 GB
HD (external): 120 GB
Quicktime 6.3
ffmpegX 0.0.8d

[major]

There are some issues with iMovie files (composed of multiple QT segments). Try to export your iMovie file as a single Quicktime movie, and then encode that one. Does it work then?

[ISSI]

There are some issues with iMovie files (composed of multiple QT segments). Try to export your iMovie file as a single Quicktime movie, and then encode that one. Does it work then?

Just to be sure:
Do mean, I should export the *.mov again from Quicktime to get a new file?

(So far, I did export it from iMovie to get one *.mov file from the several DV streams. So, I did tell ffmpegX to use just the one *.mov file for the encoding source.)

4.56 GHz Cube?? Man, that's one helluva sweet sounding computer!

[major]

Just to be sure:
Do mean, I should export the *.mov again from Quicktime to get a new file?

Yes, try to use Quicktime to export the iMovie file to a self-contained Quicktime movie (DV codec or MJPEG A codec).