Scenarist Multiplex Error

[BRN]

I'm trying to backup Independence Day and keep getting this error message from Scenarist:

Info Creating Multiplexer info
Info Multiplexing
Info Multiplexing VOB Main Stream
Error This VOB duration (10972.5 frames) is not multiple number of frame.
Error dvd_mux : DoMux Multiplexing Error
Error Terminated Multiplexing (ID4.scn-VTS__04_V01.16~9_1.mpv-t_t.vob).
Error The VOB duration must be even number of fields.
Error Multiplex is failed.
Info Multiplexing failed, Track<VTS__04_V01.16~9_1.mpv-t>

I used DVDDecrypter to rip to an ISO and mounted with Daemon tools then used DoItFast4U to rip by VOBId for seamless branching. I used BatchCCEWS with CCE Version 267-11 for encoding. I'm not sure which step of the process I need go back to to correct this.

[D3s7]

You ever figure out what caused this error? I'm having the same one myself

[tao52]

Alright a question I know how to answer, I to have had this exact same error with this movie.
Right now I bet your avs script looks like this or something like it

import("D:\DoItFast4U\new.avs\addaudio.avs")
LoadPlugin("D:\DoItFast4U\new.avs\mpeg2dec3.dll")
Mpeg2Source("VTS__01_V04.16~9_1.d2v",idct=0)

AddAudio()
ConvertToYUY2()

and the begining part of your d2v file has these 2 lines

Field_Operation=1
Frame_Rate=23976

The first thing you have to do is change the field operation to 0, then change the framerate to 29970. The 2nd thing to do is add the following 2 lines to your AVS script

LoadPlugin("D:\DoItFast4U\new.avs\decomb.dll")
FieldDeinterlace()

Make sure you add both of these lines after the Mpeg2Source line in your avs script. Also dont forget to correct the paths to your files as mine are surely different from yours.

If anyone can explain to me why this works please let me know. All I know is that I have a full backup of this movie using this method and it is perfect no sync issues at all.

[HyperYagami]

I had this problem once when I forced a clip from non-seamless to seamless.

If you do FieldDeinterlace() you're deinterlacing the film, and in a lot of cases people simply hate the result. Try IVTC first although I don't see why force-film wouldn't work in the 1st place although I don't have the movie myself. If you're going to play with the .d2v and .avs you'll have to re-encode the whole thing.

[Stress_analyst]

@ HyperYagami

Well, how did you solve this?
Forcing seamless in a vobid transition seems to create this frame issue. I have duplicated this and the movie will compile without a problem if I leave the non seamless flag in the vobid change.
The way I have solved this is using a solution suggested before:

"Select the video. Look at box in lower center. Increase...or decrease the duration by 1 frame." (by OxP)

Sometimes I have to go to 2-4 frames.

Why are we having this problem?

Is this a DVD2AVI frame loss issue?
Will the new DVD2AVIdg with avisynth 2.5+ solve this issue?

Any ideas?

The Analyst

[HyperYagami]

No sorry I never figured out how to solve that problem. IIRC that "DVD2AVI frame loss" problem is like really really old and it doesn't exist anymore, but I could be wrong those.