VCDXBuild failed to create a bin/cue file - 1

[mick92646]

I've been using DVD2SVCD for a couple of months, mostly problem free. I've been using it with TMPGEnc until yesterday when I got CCE 2.5. I tried the "quicker way to encode svcds with great quality" post by kraven morehead in the DVD2SVCD Basic Topics - and it worked great with the first two backups today. I tried a third backup just now, and CD1 was created just fine, but VCDXBuild choked on CD2. I tried a recover, (as you'll see in the log,) but no luck.

I'm running Win2000 Professional on a Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz CPU - 80 gig drive, 45 gigs free - 750 megs ram - the DVD I'm trying to back up is Bug's Life, Region 1

Thanks any and all for your help - I tried to find the answers with 'search' and the FAQs/stickies - but still came up short.

dvd2svcd_log.txt
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- 6/17/2002 7:11:49 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 6/17/2002 7:11:54 PM
- Free on drive d: 44007.25 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob
- F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.vob
- F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.vob
- F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.vob

Ripping: F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob
Ripping: F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.vob
Ripping: F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.vob
Ripping: F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 2378

Trying to eject the DVD
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- 6/17/2002 7:40:48 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_1.vob,d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_2.vob,d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_3.vob,d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_4.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 6/17/2002 7:42:54 PM
- Free on drive d: 39909.36 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 7 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 6/17/2002 7:49:27 PM
- Free on drive d: 39634.41 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -ota( -d 7 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 6/17/2002 8:08:13 PM
- Free on drive d: 39459.63 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 6/17/2002 8:08:20 PM
- Free on drive d: 39458.71 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1658113576
AudioSectors: 138675404
VideoPAPO: 23536908
ScanOffsetBytes: 163823
SeqAligningBytes: 10411849
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 300.00
PureMPEGStream: 1485325584.13
Seconds: 5700.99
CalcMPEGStream: 1485325584.13
Frames: 136519
CDSize: 796.00
Cut point 791.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 136519
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 5
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR
Q. Factor: 5
Min. bitrate: 1900
Max. bitrate: 2084
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,480,0.00,0.60)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.200
Video Encoding finished.

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- 6/17/2002 9:47:22 PM
- Free on drive d: 37068.84 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 6/17/2002 9:54:34 PM
- Free on drive d: 34918.50 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 6/17/2002 9:54:36 PM
- Free on drive d: 34918.43 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.mpg"
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- 6/17/2002 9:54:39 PM
- Free on drive d: 34918.33 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 791 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2866 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 2868
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 791 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 6/17/2002 10:12:15 PM
- Free on drive d: 36322.22 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2868.888 seconds d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
2825.952 seconds d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 6/17/2002 10:14:18 PM
- Free on drive d: 36314.34 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 13

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
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- 6/17/2002 10:17:12 PM
- Free on drive d: 35507.27 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 10

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_2.xml"
VCDXBuild failed to create a bin/cue file!
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- 6/17/2002 10:34:29 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 6/17/2002 10:34:31 PM
- Free on drive d: 35452.40 mb
- Crash Recovery
- Restarting from: SVCD Authoring
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- 6/17/2002 10:34:32 PM
- Free on drive d: 35452.40 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2868.888 seconds d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
2825.952 seconds d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 6/17/2002 10:36:39 PM
- Free on drive d: 35448.71 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 13

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
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- 6/17/2002 10:39:26 PM
- Free on drive d: 34637.47 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 10

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_2.xml"


Avisynth_Script_file.avs
LoadPlugin("d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("d:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(480,480,0.00,0.60)
ResampleAudio(44100)


dvd2svcd.ini to follow in part 2

[mick92646]

dvd2svcd.ini

[Executables]
PVA Executable=
vStrip Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\vStrip\vStrip.exe
DVD2AVI Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe
BeSweet Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe
MadPlay Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe
BeSplit Executable=
CCE Executable=D:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\cce-sp\cctsp.exe
VFAPI Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VFAPI\Reader\VFAPIConv-EN.exe
TMPGEnc Executable=D:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\mpeg.decoder\TMPGEnc.exe
Pulldown Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe
SubMux Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\WinSubMux\WinSubMux.exe
bbMPEG Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe
I-Author Executable=
VCDImager Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDImager.exe
VCDXBuild Executable=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe
CDMage Executable=
RunPerCDImage Executable=
RunFinal Executable=
MPG2Dec DLL=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll
InverseTelecine DLL=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\InverseTelecine\Donald Graft\decomb.dll
Subtitle DLL=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth Subtitler.dll
BMP Loader DLL=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth BMP Loader.dll
SimpleResize DLL=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll
Title Picture=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp
Change CD Picture=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
[Folders]
PVA Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
DVD2AVI Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
vStrip Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
Audio Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
CCE Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
TMPGEnc Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
Pulldown Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
bbMPEG Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
I-Author Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\
Subpictures Folder=d:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Subs
[Settings]
XPos=328
YPos=319
FirstRun=0
UsePVA2SVCD=0
UseDVD2SVCD=1
UseAVI2SVCD=0
UseMPEG1=0
UseMPEG2=1
Convert to Canopus codec=0
Convert to Divx4=0
Use Frameselection=0
New Default Folder=1
DVD2SVCD Level=0
UseDVDRip=1
UsevStrip=0
UseInternalRip=1
Eject DVD=1
iDCT=0
DVD2AVI Pause=0
Luminance Gain=0
Luminance Offset=0
Audio1Downsampling=0
Audio2Downsampling=1
Audio1BitRate=9
Audio2BitRate=7
tooLame Mode=0
Autodetect Azid Gain=1
Folder Structure Source=
Folder Structure Video=
Folder Structure Audio=
Folder Structure Muxed=
Folder Structure Subs=Subs
Intra=8,16,19,22,26,27,29,34,16,16,22,24,27,29,34,37,19,22,26,27,29,34,34,38,22,22,26,27,29,34,37,40,22,26,27,29,32,35,40,48,26,27,29,32,35,40,48,58,26,27,29,34,38,46,56,69,27,29,35,38,46,56,69,83
NonIntra=16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,19,20,21,22,23,24,26,27,20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,30,22,23,24,26,27,28,30,31,23,24,25,27,28,30,31,33
Matrice Preset=
Use deafult Matrice=1
LFEDownmixLR6Ch=-3
LFEDownmixLFE6Ch=0
CenterDownmix6Ch=0
SurroundDownmix6Ch=0
DynamicCompression6Ch=1
StereoDownmixType6Ch=0
RearChannelFiltering6Ch=0
DialogNorm6Ch=0
LFEDownmixLR2Ch=-3
LFEDownmixLFE2Ch=0
CenterDownmix2Ch=-1
SurroundDownmix2Ch=-1
DynamicCompression2Ch=1
StereoDownmixType2Ch=0
RearChannelFiltering2Ch=0
DialogNorm2Ch=0
No Audio Conversion=0
TemporalSmoother Strength=2
TemporalSmoother Radius=1
Use TemporalSmoother=0
ResizeMethod=0
Flip Vertival=0
Add ResampleAudio=1
Resize To=0
Use CCE=1
Use TMPGEnc=0
CCE Safe Mode=0
NoOfpasses=4
CCE Image Quality=5
CCE Anti noise value=2
CCE Anti noise=0
CBR=0
One Pass VBR=1
Multi Pass VBR=0
Progressive=1
Auto Intra DC=0
DVD Compliant=0
Restrict auto I frame insertion=0
Close all GOPs=0
Intra DC=2
M GOP=3
MN GOP=5
SEQ Header=1
Constrained Parameter Set=1
TMPGEnc Rate Control Mode=2
TMPGEnc Motion search precision=4
TMPGEnc Field Order=2
Frames pr spread=50
Spread=40
OffsetFixed CQ Value=80
Use fixed CQ Value=0
DC component precision=2
Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr not CCIR601=0
Use floating point DCT=1
No motion search for still picture part by half pixel=1
Soften block noise=0
Soften Intra=35
Soften NonIntra=35
TMPGEnc GOP I Pictures=1
TMPGEnc GOP P Pictures=4
TMPGEnc GOP B Pictures=3
TMPGEnc SEQ Headers=1
TMPGEnc Max frames in GOP=0
TMPGEnc Close GOPs=0
TMPGEnc Detect Scene Change=1
Enabled Padding=0
Dont Delete Files=1
Create VAF=1
QFactor=5
Linear quantizer scale=1
Zigzag scanning order=1
Use2Streams=0
Pri1Audio1=28
Pri1Audio2=-1
Pri2Audio1=-1
Pri2Audio2=-1
Sub1=139
Sub2=-1
Sub3=-1
Sub4=-1
Sub5=-1
Sub6=-1
Sub7=-1
Sub8=-1
Azid Gain Offset=6
SubOutputPalette0=clBlack
SubBlendPalette0=0
SubOutputPalette1=clWhite
SubBlendPalette1=15
SubOutputPalette2=$001E1E1E
SubBlendPalette2=15
SubOutputPalette3=clGray
SubBlendPalette3=15
Rip subtitles=0
Min. Delay. Between Subtitles=100
Resize Subtitles=100
SVCD subtitles=0
CVD subtitles=0
Permanent subtitles=1
PAL Y-Pos=-1
NTSC Y-Pos=-1
bbMPEG MPEG1=0
bbMPEG VCD=0
bbMPEG MPEG2=0
bbMPEG SVCD=1
bbMPEG DVD=0
bbMPEG VBR=1
bbMPEG Pad VCD=0
bbMPEG Write PEC=1
bbMPEG Add Scan Offsets=1
bbMPEG Align Sequence Headers=1
bbMPEG Use Private Stream 2=0
bbMPEG Computed Bitrate=1
bbMPEG TimeStamps=0
bbMPEG Pulldown=2
bbMPEG MuxRate=0
bbMPEG Pack Size=2324
bbMPEG Packets Pack=1
bbMPEG Video Buffer=230
bbMPEG Audio 1 Buffer=4
bbMPEG Audio 2 Buffer=4
bbMPEG videoDelay Adjustment=180
bbMPEG audioDelay Adjustment=180
bbMPEG audio1Delay Adjustment=180
Use MPEGAV=0
MinsHigh1=50
MinsHigh2=76
MinsHigh3=100
MinsHigh4=125
MinsHigh5=163
NumCd1=1
NumCd2=1
NumCd3=2
NumCd4=2
NumCd5=3
NumCd6=3
CDSize 1=796
CDSize 2=796
CDSize 3=796
CDSize 4=796
CDSize 5=796
CDSize 6=796
MaxBitrate=2400
MinBitrate=1900
MaxAvg=2250
MinAvg=1600
Adjust Audio Bitrate=1
Use Min. Avg.=0
Force Film=0
Movie Offset=2
CDOverlap=2
UseCDOverlap=1
FixedChapters=0
DVDChapters=1
PBCType=0
Data Preparer=dvd2svcd
Use I-Author=0
Use VCDImager=0
No images=0
Use VCDXBuild=1
Length of Chapters=60
Use TitlePicture=0
Use ChangeCD Picture=1
Use ChangeCD Picture on All=0
Use EntrySVD=0
Save XML=1
Save Movie Info=1
Avisynth Bicubic b Value=0
Avisynth Bicubic c Value=0.6
ProcessPriority=1
SmartDeinterlace Mode=2
SmartDeinterlace Treshold=10
SmartDeinterlace Denoise=1
SmartDeinterlace Blend=0
SmartDeinterlace Fast=1
Edit Avisynth Script file=0
Use CDMage=0
RunPerCDImage=0
RunPerCDImage Params=
RunFinal=0
RunFinal Params=
Automatic Shutdown=0

[avdmb]

Is the size of bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg >> 800 MB ? I suspect so as video encoding step took about 2.4 GB. If yes, probably 1-pass VBR messed up the size of your second CD, so try again with at least 2 pass VBR (I use 4-5).

[mick92646]

Yes, you're right. The bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg file is 1,593,624,900. I had the settings at one pass because that was part of the instructions for the "speed encode" mentioned earlier I will set it to 2 pass and see what happens. This movie is only 95 minutes long. I wonder why this would happen...

Thanks

[avdmb]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26584

See comments from DVD2SVCD, about the fact size calculation with TMPGEnc CQ sometimes fails terribly (I concluded from his first comment he meant the same for CCE 1 pass VBR).

Notice that the last poster (blackandblue) had exactly the same problem than yours.

Hope it will now work for you.