Dvdlab encoding error

[Jola]

Hi
I'm not cross posting but thought this forum would be more appropriate -

Have been using D2SroBa/DVDLab conversions for some time now without many problems but have just encountered the error: Unable to read file (see attachment). The avi plays fine in Media Player etc.
Anyone else had this?

Thx

 

[Duracell]

Did you use D2SroBa+DVD2SVCD to encode to MPEG2?
if so, it is a known problem by BeSweet with unconventional frame rates e.g. 25.238;

after D2SroBa+DVD2SVCD has finished you have to look in the DVD2SVCD log; there grab the BeSweet command line; edit the contend frame rate to 25.250 as an example and run BeSweet manually by using the modified command line; now you will get a proper *mp2 file;


Greetings from
Duracell

 

[Duracell]

to go in details:

the line to grab:

"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Extracted_audio_1.wav" -output "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max -r 252[B]38 [/B] 25000 ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )

edit it to:

"C:\Programme\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Extracted_audio_1.wav" -output "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "S:\Videos\CCEwork\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max -r 252[B]50[/B] 25000 ) -shibatch( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )

and run BeSweet manually;

 

[Jola]

Thanks Duracell but in the meatime hickenman suggested converting the wav to Ac3 which seened to work.
I'll save your suggestions in case I need them again

Cheers
Jola

 

[Jola]

Hi - sorry to reincarnate this but I've authored in DVDLab, burnt in Nero. The DVD plays fine in Power DVD, WMP, VLC but on my DVD player it stops every couple of seconds and with no sound.
If I fast forward and start to play again it stops again after a couple of seconds.
I've cleaned the DVD. (It's a DVD/RW btw.)

Very confused - can anyone shed any light?

thx
Jola

 

[Duracell]

i don't think this is related to DVDLab or Nero; me thinks your standalone player dislikes the media type (+,-,RW) or the media brand;
have a look at the player fabricators homepage for compatibility recommendations;

Greetings from
Duracell

 

[Jola]

Thanks Duracell but I'm using the same media as always - DVD+RW.

Thx
Jola

 

[Duracell]

O.K. let's sort out; What did you changed in your mastering process?
- media is still the same;
- Did you use DVDLab before?
- Did you use always exactly this Nero version?

never heard about such behavior related to DVDLab; so it might be worth to try an alternative to Nero;
top of the notch is burnatonce, but you need a free ProDVD key for DVD burning;
another (currently) free one is ONES;

 

[Jola]

I always go the same way:
Ds2Roba/DVD2SVCD then DVDlab then Nero 5.5 - 95% of the time everything works out ok. The only slight change of things was that I didn't have an mp2 file so I converted the mp2.wav to an ac3 and authored thatwith the encoded_video_cce_pal.mpv.
I did notice that on this avi conversion I had forgotten to change the avi script edit to "no edit" but I had only made corrections to aspect ratios and borders.
One other thing is that after converting in DVD2SVCD there is no mpeg file. I remember you said previously to edit the besweet in the avi log but I took the alternate easy route and used the wav. Would this have sorted it?

Thanks for your help.

Jola

 

[Duracell]

The only slight change of things was that I didn't have an mp2 file so I converted the mp2.wav to an ac3 and authored thatwith the encoded_video_cce_pal.mpv.

using AC3 instead of MP2 shouldn't matter;

One other thing is that after converting in DVD2SVCD there is no mpeg file.

it's always recommended to use the muxed MPEG as preview file only, DVDLab prefers separate loading of video (MPV) and audio (MP2/AC3), so it doesn't need to demux again;


all you write brings me back to the media thought; try to burn your DVDLab project down to a non-rewritable media; use one from a stack which ever worked;

 

[Jola]

Tried that with the same result. I think I'll re encode an avi that I know previously worked to see if the problem is in the software.

Thx
Jola

 

[Jola]

OK, Just encoded and authured another using my normal sequence and everything is ok - maybe the file?
Cheers

 

[Duracell]

a source file error schould effect Power DVD, WMP and VLC too;