DVD2SVCD MPlex /DVDAuthor problems?

[blackhawk999999]

I have recently purchased a DVD burn and switched from SVCD to DVD format using DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3. I have had a problem with the last three movies that I have tried to backup. I realize that that I am having a problem with MkIsoFs (as stated in the log), but I have a work around for that.

The problem that I would like to address is with loosing the last few minutes of movies. I can play the Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv file with Windows media player and the movie is complete with credits. After multiplexing, I tried playing the Plex_Muxed_File00.mpg with Windows media player and the last few minutes of the movie are missing. I can't make heads or tails out of what the MPlex_log.txt is saying. I think this is where the problem is coming from, but that is where I am hoping that someone out there will be able to figure out.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.


System Information:
Windows 2K SP4 (All available updates installed)
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Processor
384M DDR Ram
148G Western Digital HD



dvd2svcd_log.txt:
WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.2.0
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- 3/30/2005 7:18:33 AM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 3
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Initializing
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_0.IFO
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_5.vob
Initializing finished.

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- 3/30/2005 7:18:36 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 -OM=0 -EXIT -OF=[D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_1.vob,D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_2.vob,D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_3.vob,D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_4.vob,D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\VTS_01_5.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 3/30/2005 7:22:31 AM
- Free on drive D: 26414.73 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Extracted_audio_1.ac3

Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 3/30/2005 7:26:56 AM
- Free on drive D: 26046.66 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4546875788
AudioSectors: 391280260
VideoPAPO: 64372392
ScanOffsetBytes: 247862
SeqAligningBytes: 15752975
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4075222295.17
Seconds: 6893.93
CalcMPEGStream: 4075222295.17
Frames: 165241
CDSize: 4350.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4346.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 165241
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 20
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 2000
Max. bitrate: 9000
Avg. Bitrate: 4729
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
MPEG2Source("D:\DVD2SV~1\OUTPUT~1\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
LanczosResize(720,360)
AddBorders(0,60,0,60)
Import("D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
ConvertToYUY2()
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.300
Video Encoding finished.

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- 3/30/2005 2:49:56 PM
- Free on drive D: 22121.66 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" -prog_frames p
Video pulldown finished.

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- 3/30/2005 3:00:34 PM
- Free on drive D: 18237.05 mb
- Multiplexing Audio and Video
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Executing MPlex. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -o "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg" "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Extracted_audio_1.ac3"
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- 3/30/2005 3:08:49 PM
- Free on drive D: 14141.05 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
6404.868 seconds D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 3/30/2005 3:12:24 PM
- Free on drive D: 14141.04 mb
- Authoring DVD
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Executing DVDAuthor. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\dvdauthor.exe" -x "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\DVDAuthor.xml"
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- 3/30/2005 3:22:13 PM
- Free on drive D: 10044.81 mb
- Creating DVD ISO Image
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Executing MkIsoFs. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVDAuthor\mkisofs.exe" -o "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\DVDImage.iso" -publisher "DVD2SVCD" -volid "" -dvd-video "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\DVD-Files"
MkIsoFs failed for unknown reasons!
For details open: "D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\MkIsoFs_log.txt"




AviSynth_Script_file.avs:
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
MPEG2Source("D:\DVD2SV~1\OUTPUT~1\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
LanczosResize(720,360)
AddBorders(0,60,0,60)
Import("D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\ResampleAudio.avs")
ResampleAudio(44100)
ConvertToYUY2()




MPlex_log.txt:
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [???] File D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] File D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 looks like an AC3 Audio stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [???] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 480
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 9800000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: AC3 Audio stream 00 (D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\Extracted_audio_1.ac3)
INFO: [???] AC3 frame size = 1792

INFO: [???] AC3 AUDIO STREAM:
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 57344 bytes/sec (448 kbit/sec)
INFO: [???] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 10413848
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
++ WARN: [???] Target data rate lower than computed requirement!
++ WARN: [???] N.b. a 20% or so discrepancy in variable bit-rate
++ WARN: [???] streams is common and harmless provided no time-outs will occur
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Audio bd: buf= 16384 frame=000000 sector=00000000
**ERROR: [???] Failed write: D:\DVD2SVCDRipFolder\OutputFiles\MPlex_Muxed_File00.mpg

[ammck55]

The Mods from the DVD2SVCD Basic Topics Forum drop by here quite often, but this request would probably receive a quicker response in their forum. Good luck.

Thread moved.

ammck55

[blackhawk999999]

Wasn't exactly sure which place to put this post.

[ralphthedog]

Could your HDD be Formatted as FAT32 blackhawk999999?

That would cause an issue with the multiplexing.....it would fail when the FAT32 4GB filesize limit is reached, chop off the end of your movie and cause the last couple of processes to get the staggers too.

Set the disc size to 3995 and give it another go.....

And check out the D2SRoBa plugin once you get sorted ;)

[Nick]

I think that could be a good call ralphthedog :)
The difference in disc space before and after mplex runs is exactly 4096 MB.

Coincidence? I suspect not...:sly:

[Venom_IL]

switching to NTFS (which removes the limit) is extremely simple

google 'microsoft NTFS' or something of the sort, there's a small program that does the trick

you can switch only the HD you're encoding to if you'd like (that's what i did)

it's supposed to be completely safe (microsoft says so) but the rensponsibility of using it is on you (or microsoft ;) )

[blackhawk999999]

Thanks for the help. I will change over to NTFS. That was exactly the problem. It never occured to me that the file size was the issue. I had tunnel vision and was confident that it had something to do with the mplex.

Thanks again.