Need AfroPic Help... what is wrong?

[[*]_BonKerS_[*]]

The MPEG2 component is installed and I have the mpeg2enc installed along with the dev tools. I got AfroPic to work for the first time two weeks ago but now it isn't working any more. My source is an M2V file and an AC3 file. Here is my output, thx in advance bilestyle or anyone else that knows what is up. It encodes the ac3 to mp2 and I am running 10.2.3. There is a possiblility that I dont have enough space to do the entire encode but I dont see why the video won't encode:

Last login: Thu Dec 26 02:24:10 on ttyp1
sh /Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/shell
Welcome to Darwin!
[matt:~] mattr% sh /Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/shell
2:24AM up 1 day, 11:30, 3 users, load averages: 0.60, 0.31, 0.32
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/04/20 19:08:30 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/heat.M2V looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/heat.AC3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 0 MPEG audio streams and 1 AC3 streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting DVD output profile (INCOMEPLETE!!!!)
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/heat.M2V)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 16:9 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 7500000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/heat.AC3)
INFO: [mplex] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 49152 bytes/sec (384 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 7625600
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 13019
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 95980 frame=152655 sector=01883857
INFO: [mplex] Audio bd: buf= 1024 frame=198972 sector=00151598
**ERROR: [mplex] Failed write: temp-2.mpg
/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/shell: mpeg2enc: command not found
## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)
/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/shell: mpeg2enc: command not found
## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)
temp1 is not a valid mpeg file
rm: temp1: No such file or directory
rm: temp2: No such file or directory
a52dec-0.7.4 - by Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org> and Aaron Holtzman
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
INFO: Opened WAV file, freq = 48000 Hz, channels = 2, bits = 16
INFO: format = 0x1, audio length = 4294967256 bytes
INFO: slots/frame = 672
INFO: frac SpF=0.000, tot bitrate=224 kbps, s freq=48.0 kHz
INFO: System is big endian
319754 frames in 5850.20 sec (54.66 fps), 31 last 0.58 sec (53.45 fps)
319755 frames decoded in 5850.21 seconds (54.66 fps)
INFO: Avg slots/frame = Inf; b/smp = Inf; br = Inf kbps
INFO: Encoding with psychoacoustic model 2 is finished
INFO: The MPEG encoded output file name is "/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/heat.mp2"
[matt:~] mattr%

[bilestyle]

two things concern me about that terminal output

"**ERROR: [mplex] Failed write: temp-2.mpg"

and

"/Users/mattr/Desktop/HeatDVDrip/shell: mpeg2enc: command not found "


the error to write temp-2.mpg i would assume would be due to the fact that you ran out of space.

the second error SHOULD only occur if mpeg2enc is fed improper commands OR isnt installed in the proper place, but if you used the mpeg2enc installer and it has worked before i would assume it is the amount of space that is needed was not met.

keep in mind you need at LEAST twice the amount of space the dvd itself takes up to re-encode in afropic, so that could very well be the problem.

[changwei]

bilestyle:

I have 2 elemtary streams (.m2v and .ac3) from a 4gig+ DVD. Do I need to select "File over 4 gig" option when I do the convert? Thanks.

[bilestyle]

any time the files total (whether m2v and ac3 seperate, or a vob stream itself) is over 4 gigs you always need to choose more than 4 gigs as the option

[changwei]

Thanks. I wanted to confirm that. The reason I asked was that I selected it as an option and the output files from temp-2.mpg were never created. I have 2 movie.mpg files from temp-1.mpg because I limited the output file size to 795mb. Anyways, the terminal output said something like sequence missing or something. I don't have it with, but I'll post the terminal when I get home.

[[*]_BonKerS_[*]]

I am trying to downsample the Heat DVD [6.18 GB] to another dvd and I only have [5.29 GB] to use (that is until I get back to my house with the external HD) is this not enough space? And if so what would most likely be the right amount of space for this encode for future knowledge.

[bilestyle]

this is the process you go through to see if you have enough space.

first off you need enough space to remultiplex the video- (when feeding ac3 and m2v) so if by themselves they are 6 gigs, you will need an additional 6 gigs for them to be rejoined into one 4 gig segment and one 2 gig segment. and THEN each needs to be re-encoded, so if you want them to just be under 4 gigs u will need another 4 gigs... so total at LEAST 10 gigs should be needed. So 5 gigs certainly will not be enough

[[*]_BonKerS_[*]]

Ok bilestyle... I figured out the problem (i think) but it is still a problem. AfroPic thinks that the mpeg2enc isn't installed when I know that it is.

If I click Check for Install it says "not neccesary."

If I click Remove Install it asks for the Admin password then doesn't do anything (although my process manager shows activity for about 4 to 6 seconds).

If I click Install it says "not neccesary."

If I click Compile Latest CVS it installs successfully.

So I am wondering what the hell is going wrong!!!! I have gotten this to work once before. Is there a way I can just remove everything that has been installed by hand with the root account or is the mpeg2enc installer the only way to go about it? I am pretty sure it just has to do with this installer.

Any help would be appreciated!!!!

[bilestyle]

yeh it acts real funky sometimes.. on some machines it works great others it doesnt.. a way to test if its installed or not is go to the terminal and type

"mpeg2enc -help"

now help isnt a supported command but it will give you a list of commands if it is installed properly. and when you press compile cvs be certain to copy the program off the disc image first, and wait for it to finish in the terminal output before selecting the CVS radio button and pressing install. you can uninstall manually by typing the following

"sudo rm /usr/bin/mpeg2enc"

but if the installer still thinks its there (im not sure why it does that) if you have it compile properly you can show package contents and then open the contensts/resources folder and copy the binary out manually, but keep in mind if you go this route you will have to change permissions on the file as well.

this is the line necessary to do that

sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/mpeg2enc

but this line obviously only works if you copy the binary in first.