DVDAuthor Chapter Error

[RKDYork]

I have used both GUI for DVD Author and DVDAUthorGUI to try and create a DVD from a DV AVI file using QUENC to create the mpeg. I want to have 13 chapters, but DVD Author complains that there are only 2 and gives up.

Has anyone encountered this problem and solved it?

[liquid217]

which program is giving you the error? Are you talking about a menu that jumps to a particulat chapter? Post the log so that we can get a more detailed description to the problem.

[RKDYork]

liquid 217,

The error appears in the combined log. The example below is a smaller file with only 4 chapters.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:40

(shrink and) mux video and audio files

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:40
*creating MMback.m2v
INFO: [png2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [png2yuv] Image dimensions are 720x576
INFO: [png2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 25.000000 frames/second
INFO: [png2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [png2yuv] Frame size: 720 x 576
INFO: [png2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting DVD output profile
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\MMBackg.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 720 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 576 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 3 = 25.0 (PAL/SECAM VIDEO / converted FILM)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 7000 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Quality factor: 1 (1=best, 31=worst)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 9 TO 15
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "PAL B/G"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting hi-res intra Quantisation matrix
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting hi-res non-intra quantiser matrix
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Buffering 39 frames
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame start 0 I 0 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame end 0 251.40 251.40 2.5 2.46
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 0

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:40
*mux to MMback.mpg
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [???] File C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\MMBackg.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [???] Found 0 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\MMBackg.m2v)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 576
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 25.000 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 7000000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 7144744
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 88 Video delay = 12873 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 0.
INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=3072.
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 198954 frame=000000 sector=00000020
INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [???] Video Stream length: 38614 bytes
INFO: [???] Sequence headers: 1
INFO: [???] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [???] No. Pictures : 0
INFO: [???] No. Groups : 1
INFO: [???] No. I Frames : 1 avg. size 38614 bytes
INFO: [???] No. P Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [???] No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [???] Average bit-rate : 7722800 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [???] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
*creating menufileC:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\MMMenu.mpg
DVDAuthor::spumux, version 0.6.12-alpha-2992.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
STAT: 0:00:00.000
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: Constructing blank img
INFO: Pickbuttongroups, success with 1 groups, useimg=1
INFO: Found EOF in .sub file.
INFO: Max_sub_size=252
WARN: Read 0, expected 4
INFO: 1 subtitles added, 0 subtitles skipped, stream: 32, offset: 0.18

Statistics:
- Processed 0 subtitles.
- The longest display line had -1 characters.
- The maximum number of displayed lines was 0.
- The normal display height of the font arial.ttf was 0.
- The bottom display height of the font arial.ttf was 0.
- The biggest subtitle box had 252 bytes.

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:40
*creating TS1back.m2v
INFO: [png2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [png2yuv] Image dimensions are 720x576
INFO: [png2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 25.000000 frames/second
INFO: [png2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [png2yuv] Frame size: 720 x 576
INFO: [png2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting DVD output profile
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\TS1Backg.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 720 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 576 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 3 = 25.0 (PAL/SECAM VIDEO / converted FILM)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 7000 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Quality factor: 1 (1=best, 31=worst)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 9 TO 15
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "PAL B/G"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting hi-res intra Quantisation matrix
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting hi-res non-intra quantiser matrix
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Buffering 39 frames
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING 3DNOW and EXTENDED MMX for QUANTIZER!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 1
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame start 0 I 0 0
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame end 0 384.34 384.34 5.1 5.07
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP LENGTH = 0

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:41
*mux to TS1back.mpg
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [???] File C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\TS1Backg.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [???] Found 0 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\TS1Backg.m2v)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 576
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 25.000 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 7000000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 7144744
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 0
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 88 Video delay = 12873 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 0.
INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=3364.
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 193324 frame=000000 sector=00000022
INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [???] Video Stream length: 44244 bytes
INFO: [???] Sequence headers: 1
INFO: [???] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [???] No. Pictures : 0
INFO: [???] No. Groups : 1
INFO: [???] No. I Frames : 1 avg. size 44244 bytes
INFO: [???] No. P Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [???] No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
INFO: [???] Average bit-rate : 8848800 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate : 0 bits/sec
INFO: [???] BUFFERING stream too short for useful statistics
INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
*creating menufileC:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\TS1Menu.mpg
DVDAuthor::spumux, version 0.6.12-alpha-2992.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
STAT: 0:00:00.000INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: PNG had 2 colors
INFO: Constructing blank img
INFO: Pickbuttongroups, success with 1 groups, useimg=1
INFO: Found EOF in .sub file.
INFO: Max_sub_size=7162
WARN: Read 0, expected 4
INFO: 1 subtitles added, 0 subtitles skipped, stream: 32, offset: 0.18

Statistics:
- Processed 0 subtitles.
- The longest display line had -1 characters.
- The maximum number of displayed lines was 0.
- The normal display height of the font arial.ttf was 0.
- The bottom display height of the font arial.ttf was 0.
- The biggest subtitle box had 7162 bytes.

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:41

author DVD
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.12-alpha-2992.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01

STAT: Processing C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp\TS1Menu.mpg...

INFO: Video pts = 0.183 .. 0.223
INFO: Audio[32] pts = 0.183 .. 0.183
STAT: VOBU 1 at 0MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Generating VTSM with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: pal
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3
INFO: Resolution: 720x576

STAT: Processing C:\Documents and Settings\Keith\My Documents\My Videos\quentest 2 pass + trellis 7K.mpg...

INFO: Video pts = 0.000 .. 47.600
INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.000 .. 47.520
STAT: VOBU 2 at 41MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: pal
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3
INFO: Resolution: 720x576
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: mp2/2ch, 48khz 20bps

ERR: Cannot jump to chapter 3 of title 1, only 2 exist
ERR: in VTSM pgc 0, button TS1B3

C:\Program Files\GUI_DVDauthor\OutDir\Temp>Time: 26/03/2005 14:25:44

[borax]

As we had a long discussion by email on this topic, I want to add a few things...
It is a problem of the QuEnc output. As it seems, there are gaps or something like this in the SCR (or PTS) of the stream. I could not reproduce the problem right now, but I think it is a problem of the QuEnc settings or already within the input stream (AVI file itself or Avisynth output).