Missing files

[justinguitar]

Hi

I am trying to convert 4 parts from a DV i filmed from VOB to mov.

I have done all the parts but the first one will not show - I can preview it using ffmpegX but when I convert it, it does it in about half a second - no file appears and the "i" button says:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Fri May 25 18:15:11 BST 2007
, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part 1.VOB':
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
No audio or video streams available

the last line bothers me.... how can it preview it if there is no info?

why did it do all the other parts but not the first?

why is there not even a blank file?

help anyone??

thanks

J

[Case]

I am trying to convert 4 parts from a DV i filmed from VOB to mov.

If you still have the DV, then you could convert from that, and get better quality as a bonus: one conversion (DV > MOV) instead of two (DV > DVD > MOV).

I can preview it using ffmpegX but when I convert it, no file appears
how can it preview it if there is no info?

The preview uses mplayer to read the file, your conversion uses ffmpeg to read the fille. Two different decoders with different results.
Try converting to XviD mencoder, which uses mplayer to decode.

Input #0, mpeg, from '.../VIDEO_TS/part 1.VOB'

A normal VIDEO_TS folder has no files named 'part 1.VOB', but files named like
VTS_01_0.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
I suppose you renamed the files?
What size is your part 1 file? Is it a movie or a (motion) menu?
Do your parts make one continuous movie, or are they 4 separate movies (like selectable from a main menu)? If the parts make one continuous movie, you may try joining the VOBs and converting the one big file.

[justinguitar]

Thanks Case

I don't have the original DV only the DVD.

tried the mencoder option - same result:

Encoding started on Fri May 25 20:42:06 BST 2007
MEncoder dev-CVS-060307-04:23-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
FIXME:Hardenabling SSE and SSE2 without detection
CPU: Intel (Family: 6, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
Exiting...
File not found: '/Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part 1.avi'
Failed to open /Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part 1.avi
Cannot open file/device.

Yes I renamed the file.

It's a movie - but the little glimpse I had opf the last mencoder attempt looked a little like a menu - but was only a fraction of a second.

The size is 24Mb - all 4 parts are roughly the same size - joining them sounds like a good idea...
will go check out the link now...

thanks

J


p.s - just in case you learn the guitar - you might like my site justinguitar.com - free pro lessons

[Case]

File not found: '/Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part 1.avi'
Failed to open /Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part 1.avi
Cannot open file/device.

Some of the tools in ffmpegX do not like spaces in the path or filename, which may be the reason for this 'File not found'-error. Remove the space in the filename or replace it with an underscore character.

[justinguitar]

aaggghhhh

got rid of space and tried to do again to mov file. no luck:

Encoding started on Fri May 25 23:03:29 BST 2007
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Input #0, mpeg, from '/Users/justin/Desktop/VIDEO_TS/part1.VOB':
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
No audio or video streams available

then tried the mencoder and got a massive error list - this one created a file but it had no preview and was only a few Kb:
Encoding started on Fri May 25 23:04:25 BST 2007
MEncoder dev-CVS-060307-04:23-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
FIXME:Hardenabling SSE and SSE2 without detection
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
CPU: Intel (Family: 6, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x14f8000
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 9318.4 kbps (1164.8 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x576 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
xvid: using library version 1.2.-127 (build xvid-1.2.0-dev)
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=640 h=352]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
MP3 audio selected
video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
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 MMX2
videocodec: XviD (640x352 fourcc=44495658 [XVID])
xvid: par=0/0 (vga11), displayed=640x480, sampled=640x352
xvid: CBR Rate Control -- bitrate=1265kbit/s
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Writing header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
Writing header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
Warning! FPS changed 25.000 -> 29.970 (-4.970030) [4]
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
vf.c: have to REALLOCATE buffer memory
Warning! FPS changed 29.970 -> 25.000 (4.970030) [3]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
1 duplicate frame(s)!
1 duplicate frame(s)!
1 duplicate frame(s)!
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
1 duplicate frame(s)!

I'll have to figure out joining vob files...

J

[Case]

got rid of space and tried to do again to mov file. no luck:
[...]
No audio or video streams available

This one didn't error on the path or name, so I didn't expect any change here.

then tried the mencoder and got a massive error list

The length of the log doesn't necessarily mean loads of errors. mencoder is just really wordy about what it is doing/trying.

this one created a file but it had no preview and was only a few Kb

The last line doesn't look like a regular finish of an encoding. I see warnings, but no errors in the log. I suppose you did wait for the Progress window to say Finished or Failed?

Warning! FPS changed 25.000 -> 29.970 (-4.970030) [4]
Warning! FPS changed 29.970 -> 25.000 (4.970030) [3]

A change in framerate is odd for a DVD, actually for most movie files. There are some file formats that support variable framerate, but I never thought of VOB being one of them. Conversion of VFR files may be problematic for many encoders.