DVD2SVCD with roba alaway fails- iso is 6 MB

[aristoteles1000]

HI;
Since two days i try to make a backup of “Passio of...”.
Dvd2svcd always fails. I use the newest bundle with roba and cce 2.67.00.27 and then i tried it with cce 2.66.1.7.
First time it looked allright, but after 45 seconds cce is started , popped up a window “ should i really cancel encoding?” Why comes this question????
I said “no” and encoding goes on. But not one pass, cce makes 4 passes etc, then I cancelled.
Tried to recover , but always the same. I tried to copy the movie with two audio tracks: AC3 and DTS; is this the reason?
Then I used cce 2.66 and tried it with only one audio track: AC3, I looked allright; but the iso image is only 6 MB (with DVD Author)? The encoded video cce.mpv but is 3,87 GB. What is wrong?
I am very disappointed!! I thought that dvd2 is a great proggie, but 10 hours and no result!!

Here are the log file of the last test:

NASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 17.10.2004 07:54:26
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_0.IFO
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_1.vob
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_2.vob
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_3.vob
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_4.vob
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_5.vob
- C:\Christi\VTS_04_6.vob
Initializing finished.

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- 17.10.2004 07:54:28
- Analyzing subtitles
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Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x21 Language: English
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x20 Language: Deutsch

Executing subtitle selection/verification.
Subtitle selection/verification accepted.
1 subtitle streams selected.
Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 17.10.2004 07:54:39
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -OM=0 -EXIT -OF=[D:\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\Christi\VTS_04_1.vob,C:\Christi\VTS_04_2.vob,C:\Christi\VTS_04_3.vob,C:\Christi\VTS_04_4.vob,C:\Christi\VTS_04_5.vob,C:\Christi\VTS_04_6.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 17.10.2004 07:58:09
- Free on drive D: 22905.04 mb
- Extracting the subtitles.
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Subtitle extraction finished. Extracted these subtitles:
SVCD Stream no: 1 Language: Deutsch Num. of subs: 526

Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 17.10.2004 08:02:54
- Free on drive D: 22901.37 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3

Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 17.10.2004 08:09:14
- Free on drive D: 22511.78 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4666096988
AudioSectors: 414146096
VideoPAPO: 65864988
ScanOffsetBytes: 273555
SeqAligningBytes: 17385940
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 3149967
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4165276437.85
Seconds: 7296.80
CalcMPEGStream: 4165276437.85
Frames: 182370
CDSize: 4464.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4456.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 182370
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR
Q. Factor: 60
Min. bitrate: 800
Max. bitrate: 4566
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
MPEG2Source("D:\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
ResizeTo=0 global ResizeMethod=3 DebugMode=0
GammaCorrection=1.0 Hue=0 Saturation=1.0 Brightness=0 Contrast=1.0
DetectedTop=74 DetectedHeight=428
OverscanH=0.05 OverscanV=0.05 BlockOptimization=0 AsoTV=1
global Bicubic_b_Value=0 global Bicubic_c_Value=0.6
DestinationWidth=720
DestinationHeight=576
DestinationTop=0
DestinationBottom=0
LoadPlugin("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll")
# Import("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\FACAR\qmf15b1.avs")
# Import("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\FACAR\QMF_functions.avs")
# Import("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\FACAR\PreResize.avs")
Import("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\FACAR\FACAR.avs")
# Import("C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth2.5 Plugins\FACAR\PostResize.avs")
Import("D:\DVD2SVCD\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
ConvertToYUY2()
----AVS End----

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- 17.10.2004 09:42:31
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
-
Initializing finished.

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- 17.10.2004 09:42:31
- Free on drive D: 18421.59 mb
- Restarting from: Muxing and Cutting
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- 17.10.2004 09:42:34
- Free on drive D: 18421.58 mb
- Multiplexing Audio and Video
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Executing MPlex. Commandline:
"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Encoded_Video_CCE_PAL.mpv" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3"
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- 17.10.2004 09:42:36
- Free on drive D: 18415.89 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
14.976 seconds D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
SVCD subtitles.
Length of D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
14
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- 17.10.2004 09:42:41
- Free on drive D: 18415.89 mb
- Multiplexing Subtitles
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Executing SpuMux. Commandline:
"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\spumux.exe" -m dvd -s 0 "D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\de1-1.xml" < "D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" > "D:\DVD2SVCD\MPlex_Muxed_File00-subbed.mpg"
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- 17.10.2004 09:42:45
- Free on drive D: 18410.20 mb
- Authoring DVD
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Executing DVDAuthor. Commandline:
"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\dvdauthor.exe" -x "D:\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor.xml"
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- 17.10.2004 09:42:47
- Free on drive D: 18404.47 mb
- Creating DVD ISO Image
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Executing MkIsoFs. Commandline:
"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mkisofs.exe" -o "D:\DVD2SVCD\DVDImage.iso" -publisher "DVD2SVCD" -volid "" -dvd-video "D:\DVD2SVCD\DVD-Files"
Image creation finished.

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- 17.10.2004 09:42:49
- Free on drive D: 18397.91 mb
- Conversion done!
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- 17.10.2004 10:04:15
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
-
Initializing finished.

[Nick]

"should i really cancel encoding?"

This pop up is quite normal and should be ignored.
When you use D2SRoBa plugin, DVD2SVCD goes about its normal business, but when CCE starts, D2SRoba shuts it down and then closes DVD2SVCD.

D2SRoBa takes over the video encoding itself, restarts CCE with its own settings, and then relaunches DVD2SVCD when it has finished. When it initially tries to close CCE, CCE produces this popup window. If you leave it a couple of seconds, D2SRoBa will automatically press "Yes" to stop the encode.

This is why CCE went on to do several passes - The CCE that was running was the one run by DVD2SVCD, not the one controlled by D2SRoBa - it never properly got shut down.

I hope I have explained this process clearly enough for you to understand.

As for why your ISO is so small, I'm not sure. Please try the encode again but ignore the "should i really cancel encoding?" popup. If it happens again, please post your MPlex log file.

HTH
Nick

[aristoteles1000]

Sorry,
i have deleted any log files.

"please post your MPlex log file". For the next time I will do it, but where is the log file?

[Nick]

In your output folder
IIRC it's called MPlex_log.txt

[aristoteles1000]

Thanks, Nick.

A question: DTS ans AC3 were not the problem? Both together is possible?