Help needed for dvdauthor problem (windows)

[Mentalmummy]

I`ve got DVDauthor for windows, the command line program. I`ve got a very basic template xml file called dvdauthor.xml which tells it what file I want on my dvd and that`s it but nothing works.

Instead of working it first tells me to add -f before input files so I use the command line:

dvdauthor -o C:\AVI\DVDVOLUME -f C:\xmlfiles\dvdauthor.xml

and it appears to work for about but then says:

INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01
STAT: Processing C:\AVI\dvdtemp\dvdauthor.xml...
STAT: VOBU 0 at 0MB, 1 PGCS
3 [main] dvdauthor 3580 handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
537 [main] dvdauthor 3580 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to dvdauthor.exe.stackdump

The mpegs I try are all standard dvd compliant mpegs muxed using bbmpeg, should I use a different program to mux them first as I used to use mplex but had some problems with that so switched to bbmpeg.

Every compiled version of dvdauthor I can find does the same. I`ve tried lots of different templates but nothing, the template itself is simply:

<dvdauthor>
<vmgm />
<titleset>
<titles>
<pgc>
<vob file="C:\AVI\video_data\video.mpg" />
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
</dvdauthor>

If I try removing the xml file and giving it the mpeg file as a parameter it says it "WARN: skipping sector, waiting for first VOBU..."

I have a gui that takes my avi and converts to mpeg2, checks the size and if needed resizes to fit on a dvd and I just want to get dvdauthor to create the dvd folders and vobs so I can burn it (the idea being I can leave for work with an avi and have the dvd ready when I come back).

I apologise if this is a bit long but it`s really bugging me, I can see how to use it to add chapters and so on but I can`t figure out what is stopping this from working.

Any help or pointers would be very welcome :)

Dave

[Matthew]

The problem may because you are using both XML and command-line, not just one or the other. Just a guess...

I took my template XML and deleted a little bit:

<dvdauthor dest="C:\AVI\VOBS">
<vmgm />
<titleset>
<titles>
<pgc>
<vob file="C:\AVI\video_data\video.mpg"/>
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
</dvdauthor>

command-line: dvdauthor.exe -x C:\xmlfiles\dvdauthor.xml

I use 0.6.10

[liquid217]

WARN: skipping sector, waiting for first VOBU...

make sure that bbmpeg is muxing in blank NAV packets. If it is not (Im not even sure it can), use mplex (with the -f 8 option

[Mentalmummy]

Thanks for the replies. I used mplex -f8 with the vbr parameter set and also amended them xml file, works a treat but only if I use mplex - not if I use bbmpeg. But it is working :D

Which brings on one more question - what would I have to edit in bbmpegs configuration file (I use RunBBMpeg) to make it do the same as Mplex`s -f 8 option?

Thanks again, very happy man now!

Dave