Which Forum Do I Use to Post Errors Messages Using Dvd2Svcd?

[bugmenot]

Let me take one last shot because I'm running out of theories. Can you post the F:\DVDTEMP\AviSynth_Script_file.avs file? I use CCE myself but maybe someone with more experience with TMPGEnc can resolve your problem.

2 questions:
1. Does the source avi file have to be in the same directory as the output?
2. Are long file names (> 8.3) a problem or file names with underscores. hypens or apostrophes or round/square brackets?

LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("F:\WUTemp\test.AVI",audio=false)
ConvertToYUY2()
LanczosResize(720,470)
AddBorders(0,53,0,53)
ConvertToRGB24()

[jyn999]

2 questions:

1. Does the source avi file have to be in the same directory as the output?

No. The source and output directories are selected (in the Convert and Encoder tabs respectively) from a drop down list generated when you click the little folder icon.

2. Are long file names (> 8.3) a problem or file names with underscores. hypens or apostrophes or round/square brackets?

(A) Long file names are accomodated by replacing the excess characters with ~1 which effectively acts like a wild card substitution. There may be problems if you have multiple files with similar names i.e. filename01.avi , filename02.avi, filename03.avi , etc. in the same folder.

(B) File names can include any character that File Manager will accept.


The AviSynth_Script_file.avs looks good so I'm totally stumped at this point. Sorry.

[johns0]

Ive had this problem with dvd2svcd and its that it didnt like the avi and would skip encoding it and produce nothing,Might be the avi has stream errors in it,check it with virtualdub for errors.

[jyn999]

DVD2SVCD doesn't actually encodes ... it serves as a front end for CCE and TMPGEnc.

It looks like the AVI file is the root cause of the problem. I would also use GSpot to check the AVI for errors.

[johns0]

Its not the encoding i was referring to that causes the problem,its dvd2svcd in that its use of the avisynth script will skip some damaged avi files before they ever get to the encoding part of the process.

[bugmenot]

Ive had this problem with dvd2svcd and its that it didnt like the avi and would skip encoding it and produce nothing,Might be the avi has stream errors in it,check it with virtualdub for errors.

Do I 'scan for unreadable frames'?
Is there only one 'speed' for this function?

[johns0]

Yes,just scan for unreadable frames in one set speed.Also dvd2svcd also supports pro coder and quenc for encoding in the newest version.

[bugmenot]

Yes,just scan for unreadable frames in one set speed.Also dvd2svcd also supports pro coder and quenc for encoding in the newest version.

I am totally new at this.
Sorry, but you are way over my head.

[bugmenot]

DVD2SVCD doesn't actually encodes ... it serves as a front end for CCE and TMPGEnc.

It looks like the AVI file is the root cause of the problem. I would also use GSpot to check the AVI for errors.

VirtualDub has zeros in the error message area.
I have loaded it in GSpot. What am I looking for?

[johns0]

I think it would be better for you to use tmpgenc by itself as previously suggested and not use dvd2svcd until you know more about encoding and avi`s,check the "how to encode" on the left and read on how to use tmpgenc.

[daamon]

I think it would be better for you to use tmpgenc by itself as previously suggested and not use dvd2svcd until you know more about encoding and avi`s,check the "how to encode" on the left and read on how to use tmpgenc.

I agree with johns0. Not wanting to disrespect DVD2SVCD, but (as I said earlier) I found it a pain to use and went for the TMPGEnc directly option and am now happy that I did. Of course, you don't have to choose TMPGEnc, there's other5s as previously mentioned. The point is, you'll be using the tool that will actually be doing the encoding and you'll have more control over it.

[Garibaldi]

Hi, I am having a similar problem with DVD2SVCD that may be related. I am trying to convert avis with either Xvid or Cinepak Codec by Radius to Mpeg 2 dvds. I am using QuEnc for the encoder. I got everthing set up, and told it to convert the audio as well. When I ran it, the log would show that it extracted the audio, and then just sat there and seemed to freeze when it said it was encoding the audio. I realize that it could seem to freeze when encoding the audio because that can tend to take a long time, but not in my case because the video clip is only 10 seconds long. I check and it had opened BeSweet in the background (obviously to reencode the audio) but no conversion was taking place in BeSweet, it was just sitting there. I also tried a conversion without converting the audio and it went fine but then I check the converted video and it was upside down and it had a bunch of green distortion spots on it:
Is there any way to fix this?

[jyn999]

Not only is the video upside down but it appears to be reversed i.e. a mirror image. Shouldn't the Mustang symbol run from right to left instead of left to right as in your video?

[Garibaldi]

Not only is the video upside down but it appears to be reversed i.e. a mirror image. Shouldn't the Mustang symbol run from right to left instead of left to right as in your video?

I think that is just the way the Mustang symbol looks upside down. I put the image in paint and flipped it vertically and this is how it turned out:

[jyn999]

I think the problem is that you selected BFF instead of TFF in the Video Source setting in TMPGEnc.

Check out this guide
https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?link=601[/img]

[bugmenot]

I think it would be better for you to use tmpgenc by itself as previously suggested and not use dvd2svcd until you know more about encoding and avi`s,check the "how to encode" on the left and read on how to use tmpgenc.

Thanks to all who suggested this method.
I will read the guide and try TmpGenc and not Dvd2Svcd.
I am a total newbie with all of this and I feel like I am learning to speak and walk all over again
I * sincerely * appreciate everyone's effort. This is a great group!
I will start a new thread if/when I have additional questions.
Till then.

[osti]

Hi.

I'm trying to convert an avi file to DVD using DVD2SVCD. My problem occurs when I finnish converting the avi file with TMPGEnc.
I did try to search for the missing file, tried to change the output directories, tried the same with another .avi file, but the same thing happens. The problem occurs only when I try to convert avi and add subtitles to the same dvd.

I'm new to this all, and I used DVD2SVCD because a friend (who is not getting a bday card from me any time soon!) said it's easy. Well, it's not. At least for me. Is there any other program that would allow me to convert avi/mpg/ogg to DVD and has the possibility to add my own subtitles? I'm hearing a lot about DVDLab. Is it good for a newbie?
Any program would do, free or not-free. I just need to be able to make DVD's with subtitles, plus some menu choices.


DVD2SVCD problems:
This is my DVD2SVCD log:

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WNASPI32.DLL 4.5.7.1008
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- 25.3.2005 8:12:57
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
- D:\Filmi\rojstni dan 26-5-2004.avi
Initializing finished.

Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 25.3.2005 8:13:05
- Free on drive C: 6570.51 mb
- Free on drive D: 86322.00 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
Audio extraction finished.

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- 25.3.2005 8:13:28
- Free on drive C: 6614.08 mb
- Free on drive D: 86322.00 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------
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- 25.3.2005 8:13:31
- Free on drive C: 6614.08 mb
- Free on drive D: 86321.99 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------

Converting MP2 to WAV. Filename: C:\Temp\SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing MADPlay (mp2 to wav). Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe" --quiet --output=wave:"C:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.mpa.wav" "C:\Temp\SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.mpa"
Conversion (mp2 to wav) of C:\Temp\SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.


Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Temp\SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.mpa
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.mpa.wav" -output "C:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.mpa" -payload -logfile "C:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.log" )
Audio conversion of C:\Temp\SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.mpa finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 25.3.2005 8:16:47
- Free on drive C: 7769.37 mb
- Free on drive D: 86321.99 mb
- Video Encoding using TMPGEnc
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- Encoding C:\Temp\SVCD\AviSynth_Script_file.avs
StreamSectors: 4546875788
AudioSectors: 2324
VideoPAPO: 70433496
ScanOffsetBytes: 160221
SeqAligningBytes: 10182916
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4466096827.70
Seconds: 7122.92
CalcMPEGStream: 4466096827.70
Frames: 178023
CDSize: 4350.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4345.00
Bitrate: 5016.03
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\Pegasys Inc\TMPGEnc Plus 2.5\TMPGEnc.exe" "D:\Temp\SVCD\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

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- 25.3.2005 18:26:21
- Free on drive C: 7288.79 mb
- Free on drive D: 81825.26 mb
- Multiplexing Audio and Video
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Executing MPlex. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "D:\Temp\SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" "D:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_Video_TMPGEnc_PAL.mpv" "C:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.mpa"
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- 25.3.2005 18:26:24
- Free on drive C: 7288.56 mb
- Free on drive D: 81825.26 mb
- Determining length of audio
--------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing finished.

Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
SVCD subtitles.
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- 25.3.2005 18:27:01
- Free on drive C: 7288.34 mb
- Free on drive D: 81821.34 mb
- Multiplexing Subtitles
--------------------------------------------------------
Executing SpuMux. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\spumux.exe" -m dvd -s 0 "D:\Temp\SVCD\fr1-1.xml" < "D:\Temp\SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" > "D:\Temp\SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00-subbed.mpg"
SpuMux failed for unknown reasons!
For details open: "D:\Temp\SVCD\SpuMux_log.txt"

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And my other logs:

MPlex_log

INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [???] File D:\Temp\SVCD\Encoded_Video_TMPGEnc_PAL.mpv looks like an MPEG Video stream.
**ERROR: [???] File unrecogniseable!
**ERROR: [???] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.

SpuMux_log

C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor>"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\spumux.exe" -m dvd -s 0 "D:\Temp\SVCD\fr1-1.xml" 0<"D:\Temp\SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" 1>"D:\Temp\SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00-subbed.mpg"
Requested file cannot be found.

Anyone have a clue? I'm despered and depresed. And I keep wall.gif .

LP
osti

[Abond]

Try to play the *.mpv or load it in VDubMod to see that it is OK. If yes - multiplex it with Imago-Mpeg Muxer and restart D2S from dvdauthoring. If not, load the avisynth script in VDubMod and look for errors. Click File-file information to be sure that the script output is in DVD specs.