Chug...chug...BING...finished-- nothing.

[DesertRat]

Well, I have tried every setting I can think of, I have followed the HOW-TOs to the letter but everytime I try to convert a VIDEO_TS file to DivX or AVI the program chugs, bings, says "Finished" and I am left with a blank 16 meg file. I seem to not be the only person having this problem. Same problem if I an using MEncoder or QT. One choice tells me that the program does not accept VIDEO_TS input. No Macrovision. Is something broken here? Here is a read out of the latest failure:

Encoding started on Sun Mar 26 03:32:59 PST 2006
MEncoder dev-CVS-051126-18:35-3.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
AltiVec not found
CPU: PowerPC
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:324
There are 1 titles on this DVD.
00000000010000000000000000000000000000
There are 19 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xc9bfa800
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 8860.0 kbps (1107.5 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x576 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 256.0 kbit/s
No accelerated resampler found
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 256.0 kbit/16.67% (ratio: 32000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=624 h=464]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Also try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Opening video filter: [pp=md]
Opening video filter: [denoise3d]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
Forcing output fourcc to 58564944 [XVID]
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16be -> 48000Hz/0ch/s8...
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16be -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16be...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: FAST_BILINEAR scaler, from Planar YV12 to Planar YV12 using AltiVec
videocodec: libavcodec (624x464 fourcc=58564944 [XVID])
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Writing AVI header...
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not writing vprp header.
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not writing vprp header.

[rumplestiltskin]

Looks like you're trying to transcode directly from the DVD. ffmpegX won't do this. You must rip the VIDEO_TS to your hard drive first.

[TonyLane]

It IS on my hard drive.

[rumplestiltskin]

Hmmm, perhaps you're using some strange characters in the disk name or a folder into which you've deposited the VIDEO_TS folder?

[major]

Apparently you're using a G3, you need G3 binaries.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mplayerosx/ffmpegXbinaries230105_G3.zip?download

[DesertRat]

NOW you tell me! LoL Thanx!

[DesertRat]

I got those binaries and re-installed the program. There wasn't a file for FFMPEGX in Libraries so I made one. Tried ripping a VIDEO_TS folder and got the same old same old crap. I really don't think I'll bother fighting with this program any more. Too many things are secret. Things that should at least be in the FAQs. I'll go back to D-Vision 3. It always works, it is fast, and it doesn't have these problems.

Major, I'm sure you fell that you have written a wondeful program. Maybe it IS a wonderful program. But we users can't read your mind. It is also a pain in the neck to wade through this forum looking for answers that should be in the manual. I wish you the best of luck with this but I'm not about to waste more time or spend money on it and I don't think I'm alone on this.

Tony

[major]

The ffmpegX binaries are optimized for G4/G5. I will indeed add a notice about G3 users in the manuals. To install binaries, the menu command "ffmpegX > Install binaries" should be used instead of moving files by hand.

[DesertRat]

I am not trying to be a pain in the neck and I really don't mean this in a sarcastic manner but, c'mon, tell people these things. It really isn;t fair not to.

[DesertRat]

Seems to be working now. Thank you VERY much!