no dvd folder created

[mumblemouth]

Hello, I had 6 .avi files I am trying to convert into ffmpeg dvd files. Three of them worked, creating the mpeg file and the dvd file, but the other 3 are just creating an mpeg file that is very little. when it works it takes a good amount of time to create and the files that dont work take less than 30 seconds. here is the progress info for the files that dont work:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Wed Jun 6 08:21:03 EDT 2007
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 30000.00 (30000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, avi, from '/Users/bryanhamill/Desktop/The Wonder Years Season 1/Wonder Years.s1e003 - My Father's Office.avi':
Duration: 00:20:24.5, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 935 kb/s
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x478
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, mono, 80 kb/s
Output #0, dvd, to '/Users/bryanhamill/Desktop/The Wonder Years Season 1/Wonder Years.s1e003 - My Father's Office.avi.ff.mpg':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-20, 4000 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 448 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

any help would be greatly appreciated!

[dizzie]

Does the resulting mpeg file play in VLC or mplayer? you can even drag it into ffmpegx and hit play in the upper right hand area.

[mumblemouth]

the initial file does play in VLC and ffmpegx preview perfectly. the exported file is only 4 or 5 megs and does not play. This is very strange, escpecially since all 6 files i have are from the same place but only 3 are working.
thanks!