* Collection Backup Problems

I've been converting a lot of my DVDs to divx so I can watch on my laptop. For the most part ffmpegx works great, but when I try any DVD from the * Collection I get info above the open dialog such as:

VIDEO: mpeg-2, size: 720x480, 29.970 fps, 9800 kbps.

But when I click "Play" mplayer exits immediately. I also can't preview from the Filters tab and no matter which encoding options I choose, it writes a 0 Kb file and ends immediately.

I've narrowed it down to only * Collection DVDs, all others work perfectly. I can play the VIDEO_TS folder off my drive using either VLC or Apple DVD Player. I have 3 different *C DVDs that have the same problem, below is the Process Information when I try to convert *.

Any Ideas?? Thanks so much for all the effort. Other than a few DVDs it works great!

Sat Feb 7 16:53:59 EST 2004
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /sw/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale
MEncoder dev-CVS-030226-15:00-3.1 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)
AltiVec found
Reading /Users/jeff/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Using built-in default codecs.conf
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 15 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x3000
MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.97 fps 12250.0 kbps (1531.2 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x480 fps:29.97 ftime:=0.0334
Opening video filter: [expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1 (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
Opening video filter: [scale=352:224]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0
libmpeg2: No accelerated IDCT transform found
libmpeg2: No accelerated motion compensation found
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 2 -> 2
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 2 -> 2
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 2 -> 2
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 2 -> 2
SwScaler: FAST_BILINEAR scaler, from Planar YV12 to Planar YV12 using C
videocodec: libavcodec (352x224 fourcc=58564944 [XVID])
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
Writing AVI header...
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
Writing AVI index...
Fixing AVI header...
Video stream: 28.631 kbit/s (3578 bps) size: 1433 bytes 0.400 secs 13 frames
Encoding completed on Sat Feb 7 16:53:59 EST 2004

[major]

Try with the "fast DivX" preset, same result?

yes, same results.

[major]

Do you have a process output when using "fast DivX"?

"fast DivX" Process Info:

Encoding started on Mon Feb 9 16:20:38 EST 2004
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/DVDBAK/*/VIDEO_TS: Unknown format

However, I can load that VIDEO_TS folder with no problems in both VLC and Apple DVD Player.

[deleuze]

Bump. Was there ever a resolution? I'm having the same problem. It appears to be only on certain Criterion discs.

[Dunnyman]

Try running the disc through MTR, then DVD2One, THEN ffmpegX....

[major]

Or make a VOB first with 0SEx.