Scenarist "Layout Failed" problem again.. HELP

[EuGeNiLe]

hi, guys maybe you could enlighten me and maybe help me overcome this problem.. I am making a backup of Matrix Revolutions.. and i am constantly getting a Layout Failed error.. this happened before and i gave up and figured it might have been cause of hte movie.. but another movie later (this one) and it happens again.. here is the log..

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 4/11/2004 4:55:26 AM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob
Initializing finished.

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- 4/11/2004 4:55:28 AM
- Analyzing subtitles
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Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x25 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x22 Language: Español
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x23 Language: English
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x20 Language: English
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x24 Language: Français
Subtitle found: StreamID: 0x21 Language: Français

Executing subtitle selection/verification.
Subtitle selection/verification accepted.
1 subtitle streams selected.
Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 4/11/2004 4:55:39 AM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[D:\DVD2SVCD\Source\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob,D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 4/11/2004 4:58:38 AM
- Free on drive D: 46582.46 mb
- Extracting the subtitles.
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Subtitle extraction finished. Extracted these subtitles:
SVCD Stream no: 1 Language: English Num. of subs: 1057

Saving Subtitles ini file
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- 4/11/2004 5:02:14 AM
- Free on drive D: 46571.89 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: -76 ms
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
Audio extraction finished.

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- 4/11/2004 5:05:36 AM
- Free on drive D: 46155.94 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "D:\DVD2SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.ac3" -payload -logfile "D:\DVD2SVCD\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -d -76 )
Audio conversion of D:\DVD2SVCD\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 4/11/2004 5:06:15 AM
- Free on drive D: 45740.51 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4682829788
AudioSectors: 443407580
VideoPAPO: 65670912
ScanOffsetBytes: 280712
SeqAligningBytes: 17840775
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 4462080
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4151167725.17
Seconds: 7812.35
CalcMPEGStream: 4151167725.17
Frames: 187141
CDSize: 4480.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4471.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 187141
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 5
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 2000
Max. bitrate: 9000
Avg. Bitrate: 4250
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\Source\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BicubicResize(720,480,0.0,0.6)
ConvertToYUY2()
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 2.330
Video Encoding finished.

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- 4/11/2004 10:46:04 AM
- Free on drive D: 41740.20 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Video\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Muxed\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
SVCD subtitles.
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- 4/11/2004 10:54:48 AM
- Free on drive D: 37784.84 mb
- Creating DVD-Image using Sonic Scenarist
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Creating Sonic Scenarist Script file
Executing Sonic Scenarist
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- 4/11/2004 11:14:50 AM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- D:\THE_MATRIX_REVOLUTIONS_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob
Initializing finished.

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- 4/11/2004 11:14:53 AM
- Free on drive D: 44298.47 mb
- Crash Recovery
- Restarting from: DVD Authoring
Saving Subtitle Timecodes.
SVCD subtitles.
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- 4/11/2004 11:14:56 AM
- Free on drive D: 44298.47 mb
- Creating DVD-Image using Sonic Scenarist
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Creating Sonic Scenarist Script file
Executing Sonic Scenarist
Scenarist Failed!
Layout Failed (See Message Window)

[EuGeNiLe]

here is the scenarist log.. took out the redundant stuff..

Info
Info Creating DVD Files
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:35:32:01
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:39:30:19
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:51:49:07
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:57:56:06
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 01:23:02:25
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 01:36:44:19
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 01:44:45:15
Info No VTS<VTS_1> Language Tracks found
Info Creating DVD data (VTS Title) VTS#01
Info Preparing to multiplex track Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1
Info Creating Multiplexer info
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100001.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100002.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100003.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100004.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100005.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100006.bmp
Info Encoding subpicture D:\DVD2SVCD\Subs\en100007.bmp
ETC ETC

Info Multiplexing
Info Multiplexing VOB Main Stream
Error Subpicture[1] (20:en100020.bmp.sp) and (21:en100021.bmp.sp) offset are overlapped (00:02:19:08-00:02:21:13) and (00:02:19:26-00:02:23:03)
Error dvd_mux : Open Mux_list File Error
Error Terminated Multiplexing (movie0.scn-Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1_t.vob).
Error Wrong mux_list. Mux_list format or stream ID may be wrong.
Error Multiplex is failed.
Info Multiplexing failed, Track<Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1>

Error MuxFromDB:MuxVTS failed
Error Multiplex failed
Error DVD files could not be created

[Manngo]

your subtitles are overlapped.
in scenarist, on the 'track editor' tab you can correct it manually.
the 20th and the 21th subs are overlapped.

[EuGeNiLe]

Originally posted by Manngo
your subtitles are overlapped.
in scenarist, on the 'track editor' tab you can correct it manually.
the 20th and the 21th subs are overlapped.

thanks but as soon as i clicked the "track editor" tab.. i got lost.. this program seems very complicated and don't know where to start.. how exactly do i do this and then finish the job?

[Manngo]

click on the track editor tab
you can see an icon. That is your movie
Double click on it.
Now you see horizontal stripes:
the first one is your video
the second is the audio
the third is the subtitle stream.
on the sub stream (3rd) you can see your subpictures, showing where they appear and disappear, displayed as boxes. you can drag the left (appear) and the right (dissappear) sides of the boxes, that will result the change of timing.
Search the 20th and the 21th subpictures and organize them to be not overlapped.

Good Luck

[EuGeNiLe]

Originally posted by Manngo
click on the track editor tab
you can see an icon. That is your movie
Double click on it.
Now you see horizontal stripes:
the first one is your video
the second is the audio
the third is the subtitle stream.
on the sub stream (3rd) you can see your subpictures, showing where they appear and disappear, displayed as boxes. you can drag the left (appear) and the right (dissappear) sides of the boxes, that will result the change of timing.
Search the 20th and the 21th subpictures and organize them to be not overlapped.

Good Luck

thanks mango.. uve been a big help.. however.. after doing the mentioned above.. how do i go about to completing the process for scenarist to do its job and make the images etc..

[Glacier505]

Originally posted by EuGeNiLe
thanks mango.. uve been a big help.. however.. after doing the mentioned above.. how do i go about to completing the process for scenarist to do its job and make the images etc..

I too have been having this same problem with backing up an old dvd of mine. I was wondering this same thing, after fixing the overlapping, how does one go about completing scenaristst process, and is there any way to fix this in dvd2svcd so it does it automatically?

edit: my layout error problem seems to be a bit different, this is my dvd2svcd log:

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- 4/14/2004 2:35:38 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\source\VTS_01_0.IFO
- C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\source\VTS_01_1.vob
- C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\source\VTS_01_2.vob
- C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\source\VTS_01_3.vob
- C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\source\VTS_01_4.vob
Initializing finished.

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
Key found: CED248C3FD
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- 4/14/2004 2:36:33 PM
- Free on drive C: 38124.11 mb
- Crash Recovery
- Restarting from: DVD Authoring
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- 4/14/2004 2:36:35 PM
- Free on drive C: 38124.11 mb
- Creating DVD-Image using Sonic Scenarist
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Creating Sonic Scenarist Script file
Executing Sonic Scenarist
Scenarist Failed!
Layout Failed (See Message Window)
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and in the message window of scenarist it says:

Info
Info Creating DVD Files
Error m_targetDirPath is not set.(CDvdGenFiles::CreateDVDDir())
Error Init failed. st<-1>
Error DVD files could not be created

under the build tab, and it says this under the import tab:

Info -----------------------------------------
Info Start Importing
Info ------ Reading script ------
Info Importing MODIFIER VERSION
Info Importing Data
Info Importing Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC
Warning This Video [ C:\DVD Tools\DVD2SVCD\Files\Muxed\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv ] has different duration.
Info Importing
Error Data file() does not exist in element_1
Error Importing failed


any ideas on how to fix it and let scenarist finish its thing, and dvd2svcd its thing ?

[dimirass]

@EuGeNiLe

Click on the "Layout Editor" tab, and tick at step 3 the "Create DVD Video" box.If you want the discimage also, tick the "Create Disc Image" box.Then click "Start" ang the procedure will go on....

@Glacier505

On the "Layout Editor" tab, check the target directories paths...
Normally it should be as follows:
Target Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\
DVD Root Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Image\
Mux Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\

good luck

[EuGeNiLe]

thank u very much to u and mango.. i will do my final crack at it now.. and wen i succeed.. i owe it all to u guys..

this should definitely be brought up on the next release of dvd2svcd.. ive done a search and thers a lot of layout failed problems from scenarist..

Originally posted by dimirass
@EuGeNiLe

Click on the "Layout Editor" tab, and tick at step 3 the "Create DVD Video" box.If you want the discimage also, tick the "Create Disc Image" box.Then click "Start" ang the procedure will go on....

@Glacier505

On the "Layout Editor" tab, check the target directories paths...
Normally it should be as follows:
Target Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\
DVD Root Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Image\
Mux Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\

good luck

[Glacier505]

Originally posted by dimirass
@EuGeNiLe

Click on the "Layout Editor" tab, and tick at step 3 the "Create DVD Video" box.If you want the discimage also, tick the "Create Disc Image" box.Then click "Start" ang the procedure will go on....

@Glacier505

On the "Layout Editor" tab, check the target directories paths...
Normally it should be as follows:
Target Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\
DVD Root Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Image\
Mux Directory C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD-Mux\

good luck

i tried that, but when i went to the layout editor tab, the target, dvd root, and mux directories boxes were blank, so i even tried to set them, and i hit start (after checking create disc image and dvd video), and it said it created successfully, but when i goto check the image, its only a few KB in size. Plus, remember, apparently it had an import error too for some reason. Any more ideas?

[EuGeNiLe]

thanks guys.. but i failed again.. i managed to fix the subpicture overlapping thanks to what u guys told me.. and was set to makign the image.. and another problem came up..

Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05
Warning Sub-Picture (stream 1 in Track "Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NT_1") is across scene boundary at 00:03:54:05

this is very frustrating.. i even deleted the subpictures in that time frame.. none were even close to that time.. and i dont know how to fix it.. im just gonna give up and make it without subtitles..

[Moondust]

I struggled with Layout failures in Scenarist before as well. And the only thing that seemed to be going wrong in the end was the last chapter being only a couple of seconds black screen. Correct me if I am wrong but in my opinion the only thing you guys have to do is to delete the last chapter in Scenarist and let Scnearist try to do its job again. Tell me if you want details, I can provide them. But first try it! There is also a lot to be found on this subject in this forum.

Good luck all!

[Manngo]

@EuGeNiLe

The warnings are not important. Scenarist checks everything very srictly (thats why you wont have playback problems with DVDs created by it). A warning means nothing to care about, the disc image will be created. It appears always for me too.

@Glacier505

Seems like your audio file is missing. Check it! Did you have any problems during the audio encoding?

[Glacier505]

Originally posted by Manngo

@Glacier505

Seems like your audio file is missing. Check it! Did you have any problems during the audio encoding?

nope, I didnt encode the audio, i told DVD2SVCD to use the source audio. any ideas on whats wrong?

[Moondust]

Originally posted by Glacier505
nope, I didnt encode the audio, i told DVD2SVCD to use the source audio. any ideas on whats wrong?
Did you try what I said in my previous post in this thread?

[Glacier505]

Originally posted by Moondust
I struggled with Layout failures in Scenarist before as well. And the only thing that seemed to be going wrong in the end was the last chapter being only a couple of seconds black screen. Correct me if I am wrong but in my opinion the only thing you guys have to do is to delete the last chapter in Scenarist and let Scnearist try to do its job again. Tell me if you want details, I can provide them. But first try it! There is also a lot to be found on this subject in this forum.

Good luck all!

oh, would you be able to fill me in on how to delete the last chapter and then let scenarist and d2s continue their jobs?

[Moondust]

Originally posted by Glacier505
oh, would you be able to fill me in on how to delete the last chapter and then let scenarist and d2s continue their jobs?
When Scenarist fails you click Ok. Then go to the Track editor tab and delete the last chapter. Finally go to the Layout editor tab and click Start. Scenarist will do its job and hopefully you wont receive an error at the end.

Let me know if you get stuck somewhere. Good luck!

[Moondust]

I just remembered you might have to try something else. I experienced the subtitle overlapping when I extracted all the files from the DVD in what is called the ISO mode. When extracting the movie to your harddrive, you better use IFO mode. Some DVDs dont have the scenes in chronological order. They are mixed up a bit so to speak. Extracting in IFO mode sets everything in chronological order.

Hope this helps you out. Cheers!