Using DVDAuthorGUI - have audio, no video

[Endar]

I am a newbie, so please be kind (unless I do something exceptionally stupid ).

Basically, I'm attempting to take mpg files (I'll get to avi sometime in the future) and burn them to a dvd using DVDAuthorGUI.

My process:

1. I use MPEG Streamclip to demux the video files to m2v. The m2v files are playable in Windows Media Player.
2. I use FFMpegGUI to get the audio into AC3 files. The AC3 files are playable in WMP.
3. I use DVDAuthorGUI to create a dvd image.
4. I mount the image using Daemon Tools and attempt to watch it with WMP. I can hear the audio, but no video shows. Also, it sometimes locks up WMP and I have to manually close it down (using task manager).

I tried to search for my problem but wasn't able to find anything that seemed similar (at least to my inexperienced self).

Hopefully the code tags provide a scrollable box, because I'm posting the DVDAuthorGUI log:

DVDAuthorGUI 1.013 - 5/16/2007
Send problems with DVDAuthorGUI to liquid_217@hotmail.com 
 ***please wait while the titles are multiplexed. 
 *multiplexing title: 1..... 
    INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $) 
    INFO: [???] File C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Bruce Lee interview.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream. 
    INFO: [???] File C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Bruce Lee interview.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream. 
    INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options! 
    INFO: [???] Found 1 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:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Bruce Lee interview.m2v)  
    INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0 
    INFO: [???] Frame width     : 352 
    INFO: [???] Frame height    : 240 
    INFO: [???] Aspect ratio    : forbidden 
    INFO: [???] Picture rate    : 29.970 frames/sec 
    INFO: [???] Bit rate        : 1048000 bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 40960 bytes 
    INFO: [???] CSPF            : 1 
    INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Bruce Lee interview.ac3) 
    INFO: [???] AC3 frame size = 768 
  
    INFO: [???] AC3 AUDIO STREAM: 
    INFO: [???] Bit rate       :    24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec) 
    INFO: [???] Frequency      :     48000 Hz 
    INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream: 
    INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate    : 1271344 
    INFO: [???] target data-rate specified               : 10080000 
    INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000 
    INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0 
    INFO: [???] New sequence commences... 
    INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000 
    INFO: [???] Audio bd: buf=  16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000 
    INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 6081 
    INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 6081. 
    INFO: [???] STREAM bd completed @ frame 6344. 
    INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=18232173. 
    INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 176064 frame=006081 sector=00013333 
    INFO: [???] Audio bd: buf=   1792 frame=006344 sector=00002418 
    INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0 
    INFO: [???] Video Stream length:    26580248 bytes 
    INFO: [???] Sequence headers:      406 
    INFO: [???] Sequence ends   :        1 
    INFO: [???] No. Pictures    :     6081 
    INFO: [???] No. Groups      :      406 
    INFO: [???] No. I Frames    :      406 avg. size  9125 bytes 
    INFO: [???] No. P Frames    :     1622 avg. size  6382 bytes 
    INFO: [???] No. B Frames    :     4054 avg. size  3088 bytes 
    INFO: [???] Average bit-rate :  1047600 bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate    :  1486400  bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 81190 Buf max 134521 
    INFO: [???] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd 
    INFO: [???] Audio stream length 4872960 bytes. 
    INFO: [???] Frames         : 2148543657 
    INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 67 Buf max 739 
    INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected. 
 *multiplexing title: 2..... 
    INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $) 
    INFO: [???] File C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Nike - soccer inside a tanker.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream. 
    INFO: [???] File C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Nike - soccer inside a tanker.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream. 
    INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options! 
    INFO: [???] Found 1 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:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Nike - soccer inside a tanker.m2v)  
    INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0 
    INFO: [???] Frame width     : 352 
    INFO: [???] Frame height    : 240 
    INFO: [???] Aspect ratio    : forbidden 
    INFO: [???] Picture rate    : 29.970 frames/sec 
    INFO: [???] Bit rate        : 1150000 bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 40960 bytes 
    INFO: [???] CSPF            : 1 
    INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (C:\Cd Images\MPEG Streamclip\Nike - soccer inside a tanker.ac3) 
    INFO: [???] AC3 frame size = 768 
  
    INFO: [???] AC3 AUDIO STREAM: 
    INFO: [???] Bit rate       :    24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec) 
    INFO: [???] Frequency      :     48000 Hz 
    INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream: 
    INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate    : 1375448 
    INFO: [???] target data-rate specified               : 10080000 
    INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000 
    INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0 
    INFO: [???] New sequence commences... 
    INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000 
    INFO: [???] Audio bd: buf=  16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000 
    INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 1770 
    INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 1770. 
    INFO: [???] STREAM bd completed @ frame 1847. 
    INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=5283693. 
    INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 169620 frame=001770 sector=00004252 
    INFO: [???] Audio bd: buf=   2560 frame=001847 sector=00000705 
    INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0 
    INFO: [???] Video Stream length:     8497792 bytes 
    INFO: [???] Sequence headers:       42 
    INFO: [???] Sequence ends   :        1 
    INFO: [???] No. Pictures    :     1770 
    INFO: [???] No. Groups      :       96 
    INFO: [???] No. I Frames    :       96 avg. size  9070 bytes 
    INFO: [???] No. P Frames    :      356 avg. size  8179 bytes 
    INFO: [???] No. B Frames    :     1319 avg. size  3574 bytes 
    INFO: [???] Average bit-rate :  1150400 bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate    :  1442800  bits/sec 
    INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 86969 Buf max 134653 
    INFO: [???] AUDIO_STATISTICS: bd 
    INFO: [???] Audio stream length 1419264 bytes. 
    INFO: [???] Frames         : 4215689569 
    INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 67 Buf max 739 
    INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected. 
 *authoring title(s)..... 
 DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.14. 
 Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype 
 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:\Cd Images\new test dvd\title1.mpg... 
 WARN: attempt to update tv format from pal to ntsc; skipping 
 STAT: VOBU 16 at 1MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 32 at 2MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 48 at 3MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 64 at 4MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 80 at 6MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 96 at 7MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 112 at 8MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 128 at 9MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 144 at 11MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 160 at 12MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 176 at 13MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 192 at 14MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 208 at 16MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 224 at 17MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 240 at 18MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 256 at 19MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 272 at 21MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 288 at 22MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 304 at 23MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 320 at 24MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 336 at 26MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 352 at 27MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 368 at 28MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 384 at 29MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 400 at 31MB, 2 PGCS 
 INFO: Video pts = 0.178 .. 203.114 
 INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.178 .. 203.218 
  
 STAT: Processing C:\Cd Images\new test dvd\title2.mpg... 
 STAT: VOBU 422 at 33MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 438 at 34MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 454 at 36MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 470 at 37MB, 2 PGCS 
 STAT: VOBU 486 at 39MB, 2 PGCS 
  
 INFO: Video pts = 0.178 .. 59.270 
 INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.178 .. 59.314 
 STAT: VOBU 501 at 41MB, 2 PGCS 
 INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes: 
 INFO: MPEG version: mpeg1 
 INFO: TV standard: pal 
 INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3 
 INFO: Resolution: 352x288 
 INFO: Audio ch 0 format: ac3/2ch, 48khz drc 
  
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 1MB (17/501, 3%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 2MB (33/501, 6%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 3MB (49/501, 9%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 4MB (65/501, 12%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 6MB (81/501, 15%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 7MB (97/501, 19%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 8MB (113/501, 22%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 9MB (129/501, 25%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 11MB (145/501, 28%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 12MB (161/501, 31%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 13MB (177/501, 35%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 14MB (193/501, 38%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 16MB (209/501, 41%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 17MB (225/501, 44%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 18MB (241/501, 47%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 19MB (257/501, 51%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 21MB (273/501, 54%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 22MB (289/501, 57%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 23MB (305/501, 60%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 24MB (321/501, 63%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 26MB (337/501, 67%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 27MB (353/501, 70%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 28MB (369/501, 73%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 29MB (385/501, 76%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 31MB (401/501, 79%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 32MB (417/501, 83%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 34MB (433/501, 86%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 35MB (449/501, 89%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 37MB (465/501, 92%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 39MB (481/501, 95%) 
 STAT: fixing VOBU at 40MB (497/501, 99%) 
 STAT: fixed 501 VOBUS                          
 INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents 
 INFO: Scanning C:\Cd Images\new test dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO 
 *generating udf iso..... 
  23.13% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 11 17:29:42 2007 
  46.18% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 11 17:29:42 2007 
  69.30% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 11 17:29:43 2007 
  92.35% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 11 17:29:44 2007 
 Total translation table size: 0 
 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 0 
 Total directory bytes: 4248 
 Path table size(bytes): 42 
 Max brk space used 0 
 21657 extents written (42 Mb) 
 *process complete

The files that I am using are just random internet files (that we all accumulate) to test out how it works and to find the process that works. The longest is about 3 and a half min.

I know you aren't all DVDAuthor experts, but does anyone know exactly what I did to break it?

[Baldrick]

It looks like you set the standard to PAL when the source is NTSC, change it to NTSC in DVDAuthorgui. And I would try play the dvds with something else than wmp like media player classic or vlc media Player.

editops...352x240 is dvd compliant...ignore that...

[Endar]

Okay, well the dvd is intended to play on a normal dvd player.

Anyway, I tried mounting the image and playing with Media Player Classic, and the video and sound worked, but the video kept freezing. It would play a few frames and then freeze for a few, etc, etc, fairly often.

I checked the m2v again, and they played fine without the freezing.

[guns1inger]

You are right Baldrick - the video source is NTSC but the finished disc believe it is PAL. I am surprised that DVDAuthorGUI allows this to be done. It does throw a warning in the logs, but continues on regardless. I don't know if this is the cause of the problem, but it should be fixed anyway.

[Endar]

Yeah, I'm setting DVDAuthorGUI to PAL, because I was under the impression that I'd need PAL if I wanted to play the dvd in an Australian DVD player, or rather, on an Australian TV.

Oh, I'm in Australia.

So, what do I need to do to convert the video into a PAL compatible format?

[guns1inger]

Don't bother. The video is NTSC at 29.970 fps. You can't convert it to PAL 25 fps without throwing away frames. The results will be even worse than they are now.

I would bet you AU$100 that an NTSC disc will play happily on your TV. NTSC land is pretty format xenophobic. We are blessed in PAL land to be almost completely format agnostic. In fact, I believe you would have to go out of your way to buy a TV or player that would only handle PAL. Even if you have a 20 year old TV which can't handle NTSC, your player will be able to convert the signal to PAL.

[Endar]

I changed DVDAuthorGUI to work in NTSC and I can still play it while mounted as an image, although there's no difference. With Media Player Classic, it still freezes every couple of frames, and I still don't get any video, only audio with WMP.

Also, the log file that I gave was only for 2 of the videos, I've tried with all three of the test videos and for the other one, I get a lot of the same error:

 STAT: Processing C:\Cd Images\new test dvd\title1.mpg... 
 WARN: attempt to update tv format from ntsc to pal; skipping 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 STAT: VOBU 16 at 1MB, 3 PGCS 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 STAT: VOBU 32 at 3MB, 3 PGCS 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 STAT: VOBU 48 at 5MB, 3 PGCS 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1 
 WARN: unknown mpeg1 aspect ratio 1

etc, etc

What is this? Because it still plays in Media Player Classic, so what kind of error is this?

[guns1inger]

Post G-Spot screenshots of all the videos.

The second log still shows a warning indicating it is set to PAL with NTSC source.

If these were VCD files then they can be used as-is, with the only change being a re-sample of the audio up to 48 kHz. The demo versions of tmpgenc DVD author or DLP can both do this easily - assuming VCD source.

[liquid217]

Something has to be odd with the video stream if dvdauthor keeps throwing the error "WARN: attempt to update tv format from ntsc to pal" I would try dropping the video_ts.ifo into windows media player classic, instead of mounting the iso. (just to rule out any problems with the iso, and/or daemon tools).