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Mediaman_12 · Aug 10, 2003, 11:22 AM

First I know that this should be in the Digital Video & Audio forum but there is more traffic here, so more likely that someone who knows the answer will come along.
I have a few DIVX encoded Avi files (they play perfectly in a Quicktime window) that I would like to put on one DVD that I can view on a regular DVD player (PS2). I thought the ffmpegX would be perfect to convert them to the mpeg2 format files for DVD creation (as it claims to open Divx files. But ffmpegX wont do anything with the files. I hit the encode button it does it's Terminal stuff, It says "Encoding completed" in the Terminal window but no new files are created (the Terminal also says it's creates a .img file but that's not around ether).
I know I could export a DV stream from QT (I have QT pro) but each .avi is over 150mb so I would hate to see the size of the (uncompressed) DV stream.
on a side note Sizzle seams to have vanished, the links on both VersionTracker & on MacUpdate no longer work,

Uncle Skeleton · Aug 10, 2003, 12:30 PM

sizzle is being actively developed; I heard from the developer last night. I'm sure the website will be up again shortly.

for your ffmpeg problems, the chances are slightly higher that someone will know what the hell you're talking about if you post what exactly it says in the terminal. Also, after starting an encode, hit command-v to get what was fed to mpeg2enc, and post that here

Mediaman_12 · Aug 10, 2003, 01:29 PM

The Full ffmpeg Terminal output! er ok here it is.

[localhost:~] antony% pbpaste | sh
sh: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `/Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/(s'
[localhost:~] antony% gX.app//Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -i /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/(smr)amwed(1of2).avi -y -f yuv4mpegpipe -s 720x576 -map 0.0:0.0 -r 25 -an - | /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/yuvscaler -v 0 -M BICUBIC -n p -M WIDE2STD -O SIZE_720x576 | /usr/bin/mpeg2enc -v 0 -f 8 -F 3 -a 2 -b 4000 -q 3 -I 0 -M 1 -V 230 -d -o /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.m2v && /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -i /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/(smr)amwed(1of2).avi -y -vn -f mp2 -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 1.1:0.0 /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.mp2 && /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/mplex -V -f 8 -S 9999 -M -O 0 -b 230 -o /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.mpg /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.m2v /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.mp2 && mkdir /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/ && mkdir /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS && mkdir /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/AUDIO_TS && cp /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/ifogen /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS/ifogen && cp /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/tocgen /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS/tocgen && cd /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS && ./ifogen -A mp2 -o VTS /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.mpg > /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO && ./tocgen /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS && rm /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS/ifogen && rm /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD/VIDEO_TS/tocgen && /Applications/multimedia/2\ VCD\ to\ 1\ DVD/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -V DVD_MOVIE -o /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.dvd.img /Users/antony/Desktop/Incomplete/amwed1.DVD && printf "Encoding completed on " && date && printf "\a\n"'
[localhost:~] antony%

Are you supposed to get messages from ffmpeg while it's doing this, maybe a progress bar?
I have just noticed it has a syntax error right at the start. humm? I ran the install correctly.

dtriska · Aug 10, 2003, 04:07 PM

Rename the DivX file to something simpler and try again. Something like "amwed1.avi."

And, while you're at it, next time just download the DVD version of a movie and avoid all this conversion stuff.

Mrjinglesusa · Aug 10, 2003, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by dtriska:
Rename the DivX file to something simpler and try again. Something like "amwed1.avi."

And, while you're at it, next time just download the DVD version of a movie and avoid all this conversion stuff.

ROTFLMAO

Mediaman_12 · Aug 10, 2003, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by dtriska:
Rename the DivX file to something simpler and try again. Something like "amwed1.avi."

And, while you're at it, next time just download the DVD version of a movie and avoid all this conversion stuff.

That was it, its started now. The documentation should really mention that it doesn't like spaces and brackets etc. in the filenames.

Waits....
Waits....
Humm. This is going to take a while, doesn't seam the sort of thing I should have started at 11pm

An who said anything about downloading movies? It's some stuff I am doing for a friend (whose PC doesn't have a DVD burner).

dtriska · Aug 11, 2003, 01:20 AM

Yeah, it does take a long time. I usually set it up to work overnight.

Uncle Skeleton · Aug 11, 2003, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:

An who said anything about downloading movies? It's some stuff I am doing for a friend (whose PC doesn't have a DVD burner).

heh, then tell your friend to download the DVD version

memento · Aug 11, 2003, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
That was it, its started now. The documentation should really mention that it doesn't like spaces and brackets etc. in the filenames.

Waits....
Waits....
Humm. This is going to take a while, doesn't seam the sort of thing I should have started at 11pm

An who said anything about downloading movies? It's some stuff I am doing for a friend (whose PC doesn't have a DVD burner).

Why not VCD? If it's in divx already, there's no real advantage to putting "Am. Wed." on DVD, unless the player doesn't support VCD. tmpgenc on windows would do that easily for him.

Mediaman_12 · Aug 11, 2003, 03:11 PM

It has to be DVD cos the only player he has connected to the TV is a PS2 and they don't play VCD's no (TV out on the PC ether).
I left ffmpeg on all day an when I had got home from work it had created a .img file and both a Video_TS & Audio_TS folders. I burned the img file to a DVD using toast. and played it using the DVD player app. Yay! It works Boo the audio is very delayed, not just a bit out of sync ether, it's seconds later.

I hope that he's still got the Original TAPE from the CAMERA.
He did the editing on his PC the put the files on a CD and asked if I could make it into a DVD. Looks like I'd be better getting him round to do the editing again in iMovie if he still wants a DVD.