Error with FAVC Video Conversion

[IllusionOfLife]

I'm posting here as I don't know if it's a video or audio related problem.

I tried to write two different video files, and two times i got the same error. I thought maybe there is not enough capacity, so I tried to write them separately, so I started converting one of the two, but I also got an error.

The error that i get is this:

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******************* Encoding Video 0 ********************
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******************* Encoding Audio 0 ********************
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Aften: A/52 audio encoder
Version SVN
(c) 2006-2007 Justin Ruggles, Prakash Punnoor, et al.

Found PCM audio: 6 channels, 48000 Hz, 16 bits, 8380.463854seconds.
Warning: WAV file will be larger than 4 GB.
Writing WAV file...
input format: Microsoft WAVE Signed 16-bit little-endian 48000 Hz 5.1-channel
output format: 48000 Hz 3/2 + LFE

SIMD usage: MMX SSE SSE2
Threads: 2

error allocating read buffer
Invalid count passed to aften_encode_frame
Error encoding frame 0
progress: 100% | q: 0.0 | bw: 0.0 | bitrate: 0.0 kbps

Error: Could not write to the standard output.

I'm using the "Balance" preset from the HC Options in FAVC, and for audio AC3, Retain if Present, Aften, 224 AC3 Bitrate

One of the two files that I used in both situations is:
Video: Xvid 704x300 23.98fps [Video]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 96Kbps [Audio]

I found this topic, but the problem is that in the output file, there is no sound...

[guns1inger]

I stopped using FAVC a while back when the last couple of versions seemed to regress the quality, and then development stopped. I now use AVStoDVD, which uses the same encoder, offers more features, and is actively developed. The author tends to visit these forums regularly to answer queries and take feedback.

I suggest you give it a go instead.

[IllusionOfLife]

Cool, it worked ok. Thanks!

Why does it take the whole dvd this .avi 645MB? Because of the quality settings?

[guns1inger]

Because mpeg-2 does not compress as much as mpeg-4 (Divx/Xvid/H.264 depending on the Part). In order to maintain the basic quality that your source file has requires that the mpeg-2 file be at least 3 - 4 times the size. Rather than quibble over a few hundred MB, these converters usually target filling the disc and use the highest bitrate they can.