Error Message

[Yo]

What does the following error message mean, in VDubMod 1.5.10.1:

Virtual Dub Error

Cannot Start Video Compression:

The Source Image Format is Not acceptable,
(error code -2)


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How could the source image format not be acceptable? The input video is MPEG-2, which vdubmod reads. One can see the input video there in the program. How could it not be acceptable?

I would appreciate it if someone could explain this error message. Thank you.

[stephanV]

it means what it says :p... the encoder (codec) doesnt find the image format acceptable

what codec are you compressing in? make sure your colordepth, frame size, etc. match the encoders requirements. (for some codecs you can find some requirements/restrictions in the main compression screen.

[Yo]

Originally posted by stephanV
it means what it says :p... the encoder (codec) doesnt find the image format acceptable

what codec are you compressing in? make sure your colordepth, frame size, etc. match the encoders requirements. (for some codecs you can find some requirements/restrictions in the main compression screen.

MPEG-2 isn't acceptable? That would be pretty strange!

Using the new DIVX 5.2 Pro. Is that pretty buggy? Better to regress to 5.11 Standard? I couldn't imagine that DIVX wouldn't accept MPEG-2 as input video though! :confused:

[stephanV]

no

its not about the codec it is in, it has nothing to do with that... only pure picture properties (colordepth, frame size)---> how the image served to the codec via virtualdub. just give the following info:

when does the error occur? 1st pass or 2nd pass?
do you resize/crop the video and if yes to what size? what is the original resolution of the video?
which compression mode do you use? fast recompress, full processing mode?

[Yo]

Originally posted by stephanV
no

its not about the codec it is in, it has nothing to do with that... only pure picture properties (colordepth, frame size)---> how the image served to the codec via virtualdub. just give the following info:

when does the error occur? 1st pass or 2nd pass?
do you resize/crop the video and if yes to what size? what is the original resolution of the video?
which compression mode do you use? fast recompress, full processing mode?

It occurs only a couple seconds after pressing "Save", so it doesn't encode at all.

Original resolution was 352x240, resized (precise bilinear) to 320x240. Full processing mode.

[stephanV]

hmmm...

your resolution is fine, can you do a fast recompress (thus without resizing)? also try to do a compression without resizing using FPM...

to be honest, im a little surprised this doesnt work :confused:

what also might help is go to the main divx configure screen, press the settings button (in the lower left corner) and then uncheck 'Do not prompt for errors'. perhaps you will get some more info then.

sorry for not having a prompt answer :(

[joshyg2]

what colour format is the source video?

RGB24, RGB 32, YUY, etc ?

instead of just opening the file in Virtual Dub directly, make a simple AVS script, opening the file.

eg:

AVISource("video.avi")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

or if the source is MPEG1 or MPEG2,

DirectShowSource("video.mpg")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

or

mpeg2source("video.d2v")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

then try the conversion

[Tassadar]

Originally posted by joshyg2
what colour format is the source video?

RGB24, RGB 32, YUY, etc ?

instead of just opening the file in Virtual Dub directly, make a simple AVS script, opening the file.

eg:

AVISource("video.avi")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

or if the source is MPEG1 or MPEG2,

DirectShowSource("video.mpg")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

or

mpeg2source("video.d2v")
BiCubicResize(320,240)
ConvertoYUY2

then try the conversion

I've the same problem, converting a huffyuv avi into a divx avi

The source is a 352x288 24bit video, opened both direnctly and by an avs script:

DirectShowSource("video.avi")
ConvertToYUY2

It doesn't work!