ffmpegX 0.0.9 Video_TS to DivX

[stcowboy]

I'm trying to encode the contents of a VIDEO_TS folder into a single DIVx file

I've been following the step by step guide at http://homepage.mac.com/major4/videots_divx.html
but every time I encode it only grabs the first .VOB and encodes that. I'm sure I'm missing something very basic, but I've read the guide and tried encoding a number of times to only get the first VOB file. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

[Case]

1. You should open (select as source) the VIDEO_TS folder, not a VOB file inside it. It should say "VIDEO_TS" in the Source Format 'screen' of the Summary tab.
2. You should use a mencoder preset to encode from a VIDEO_TS folder. Other presets won't be able to process VIDEO_TS folders. If you need another preset, you should merge the feature into a single VOB file.
3. Update your bookmarks for the website to www.ffmpegx.com, as the site homepage.mac.com/major4/ is depreciated and might be less up-to-date.

[stcowboy]

well, I could've sworn I was doing just that, but after reading your post, the encoding seems to be working! Thanks much, Case.

[drsplat]

Hi i am new to this and have done what you guys have said- but i lose the chapters.... is there anyway to keep them using ffmpegx??

[andyx181x]

Hi i am new to this and have done what you guys have said- but i lose the chapters.... is there anyway to keep them using ffmpegx??

sorry but when you convert video ts folders to a movie file there are no chapters, its just the movie itself with none of the DVDs capabilities

[captvanhalen]

FWIW, however, Handbrake does have something called Chapter Markers. http://handbrake.m0k.org/trac/wiki/ChapterMarkers

I haven't tried them out, however.

[phang]

Hi! I'm have been trying to convert video_ts to divx file but after about 60 per cent thru ffmepx just stops as if it is complete. I have tried a few times but the result is always the same - ffmpeqx will stop after about 60 percent complete. Upon checking the movie, everything seems to be fine but it is just not complete. I was hoping it will work and then pay for a license. Is this the reason? I have to pay first to have a full working version? Thank you anyone who can help me.

[tomlee59]

It should finish the conversion whether or not you've paid the shareware fee, so there is some problem. Premature termination is most often caused by a source file that has an error of some kind.

Click on the "i" button in the Progress pane to see the logfile. There will be useful information about what is causing ffmpegx to fail.

Also, play the original file near the 60% point and see if you find any anomalies.

Finally, for conversion into Divx, you may wish to try D-Vision3. It is freeware, and seems to handle conversions with fewer problems.

[phang]

Thank you. I look at the i and cannot understand what has happened. The finish product is superb up till the 60 per cent mark and than it just abruptly stop. Will try with another movie and also D-vision. Very much appreciated your help.

[tomlee59]

What did the logfile say at termination? Surely it said something...

[phang]

Hi! Just tried d-vision. same problem. anyway, this time i copied the i (from ffmpegx) as follows:- Encoding started on Sat Dec 29 13:53:40 SGT 2007
MEncoder dev-CVS-051126-18:35-3.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 23 titles on this DVD.
There are 39 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xb4164800
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 3) 29.970 fps 7500.0 kbps (937.5 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x480 fps:29.97 ftime:=0.0334
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using AltiVec optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
Checking for AltiVec resampler : 0x0000000a, 2
Using AltiVec optimized resampler
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
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.
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 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
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 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: FAST_BILINEAR scaler, from Planar YV12 to Planar YV12 using AltiVec
videocodec: libavcodec (640x352 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.
demux_mpg: 24000/1001fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate.
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Skipping frame!
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1 duplicate frame(s)!
Skipping frame!
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1 duplicate frame(s)!
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1 duplicate frame(s)!
a52: CRC check failed!
Flushing video frames
Writing AVI index...
Fixing AVI header...
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not writing vprp header.
Video stream: 1212.558 kbit/s (151569 B/s) size: 743125352 bytes 4902.861 secs 117574 frames
Audio stream: 128.000 kbit/s (15999 B/s) size: 78453888 bytes 4903.368 secs
Encoding completed on Sat Dec 29 14:34:33 SGT 2007

Have not the faintest idea what is wrong as video plays fine using dvd player or vlc. Thank you.