help with converting svcd to dvd

[erzimeriah]

i am having problems converting a svcd to a dvd. following a guide i read in this forum i downloaded the software and followed the instructions that came with to try and rip the av sequence off of a svcd and create a file i could them import into dvdsp. i followed all of the instructions and got it to the point where the terminal starts and says the it is opening the pipeline and then it just stops and is doing nothing.

the last message it gives is something about [it looks like a root directory] my computer and them my user name. i am running os 10.2

anybody have a solution to my problem? i'm very frustrated with this whole svcd to dvd and dvd to dvdr thing. all of you make it sound like it is so easy, i have nothing but problems.

HELP ME PLEASE!

thanks

[bilestyle]

what program are you talkin about? MediaPowerTool? and if you are did u install mediapipe 0.8.7 or later first? it wont work unless u do that. i you insatll mediapipe 0.8.7 use MediaPowerTool 0.5.1 and if you install MediaPipe 0.8.7.5 then use MediaPowerTool 0.5.2, if you dont use the correct version of MediaPowerTool with the version of MediaPipe you are running u will never get the svcd video encoding to work.

[erzimeriah]

yes i am using media power tool with the correct version for the mediapipe i have. i follow the instructions in the tutorial and get it to start but it never actually does anything. what should i see as far as a message from the software when it is processing?

any clues you may have for me i would appreciate greatly.

thanks

[bilestyle]

this is an example of valid output from the program when it reaches the mediapipe stage... this is just mpeg-1->mpeg-1 so if you are trying svcd->dvd ready then the output will look slightly different, but not that much different

appending File Streamer
setting PacketSize to 16384
appending MPEG Decoder
appending Color Conversion
appending MPEG Encoder
setting to
setting mpeg2enc to -v 0 -f 1 -F 4 -n n -a 2 -b 1152 -r 16 -M 2 -s
setting ppmtoy4m to -v 0 -S 420_jpeg -L -I t -F 96000:4004 -A 10:11
starting the pipeline
Progress: [*.......................................] 0.16%
Progress: [*.......................................] 0.48%
Progress: [*.......................................] 0.96%
Progress: [*.......................................] 1.61%
Progress: [*.......................................] 2.09%
Progress: [**......................................] 2.57%
Progress: [**......................................] 3.05%
Progress: [**......................................] 3.53%
Progress: [**......................................] 4.01%
Progress: [**......................................] 4.33%
Progress: [**......................................] 4.66%
Progress: [**......................................] 4.98%
Progress: [***.....................................] 5.46%
Progress: [***.....................................] 5.78%

etc....

so what version of mediapowertool and mediapipe are you using? 0.8.7 with 0.5.1 or 0.8.7.5 with 0.5.2?

[erzimeriah]

i am using 0.8.7 with 0.5.1